Category: Charity

Satisfying Charitable Gifts With Individual Retirement Account Assets

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By: Kevin A. Ganser, Esq., LL.M. in Taxation According to Charity Navigator, total charitable giving in 2017 increased to $410m, which represents a 5.2% increase in giving from 2016. Indeed, charitable giving has increased year over year every year since 1977 (with the exception of 1987, 2008, and 2009; all of which coincided with worldwide […]

Income and Tax Planning Using Charitable Trust

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Improve your Income and Tax Planning with Charitable Trusts CHARITABLE RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (“CRA”) As a practicing estate planning attorney for over 33 years, I have noticed a huge change in a client’s mentality when it comes to estate planning and retirement planning. It used to be that most clients were concerned about having enough to leave […]