Writing for Martignetti planned Giving Advisors, Tony Martignetti discusses the renewed charitable IRA rollover rules and how donors can put them to use.
Fact & Commentary: Charitable IRA Rollover Extended, Part I
December 19, 2010
The Facts:
Your 2010 end-of-year giving season can include January 2011.
The Tax Relief Act signed by President Obama last Friday includes the long-awaited IRA charitable rollover. It allows donors over seventy-and-a-half to make a gift directly to your charity from their traditional or Roth IRA. January gifts can be claimed this year.
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