The release of the official IRS Publication 590-B brought clarity to the issue of limitations on QCDs based on deductible contributions made to IRAs. A big change related to qualified charitable ...

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An individual retirement account owner aged 70 ½ or more may be able to withdraw money from the account tax-free and use it to support favorite causes with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).

You can’t make QCDs directly from your 401(k), but you can use a workaround Matt Webber is an experienced personal finance writer, researcher, and editor. He has published widely on personal finance, ...

Who can make this kind of gift? People seventy and a half years old and older (even when your required minimum distribution starts at age seventy-three). Yes. An IRA owner can make a one-time election ...

Because most people now use the standard deduction, charitable gifts do not usually offer a tax advantage. Like many tax ...

UD’s Gift Planning Team is proud to share charitable giving resources like this to help all our Blue Hens and friends make the most of their money. If you have questions or want to discuss gift ...

Assets in individual retirement accounts are the best assets to give to charity, since they’re loaded with taxes. For those who give regardless, using IRAs to make the gifts can provide tax benefits — ...

For most people, December is the month for giving. But when it comes to taxes, January should be the time to start the planning process for maximizing the tax benefits of donating to charity. One of ...

This is an updated version of an article that originally published on June 3, 2019. Although the tax laws related to charitable giving have changed a bit in recent years, one strategy for gaining a ...