If Jane receives her initial
RMD for 2013
on April 1, 2014, then both her 2013 and 2014 distributions will be included in
income on her 2014
income tax return.
The virtue of having your IRA administrator cut a check to the charity — rather than taking the
RMD, depositing it in your account, writing the check to charity, and deducting it
on your
tax return — is that the qualified charitable distribution, unlike an
RMD, doesn't inflate your adjusted gross
income.