Taxpayers who are going to have substantial RMDs may want to consider
taking qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) that go directly to charity and are excluded from their incomes.
Not exact matches
Folks who are
taking Required Minimum
Distribution's from their IRA's may also look to see if a
Qualified Charitable Distribution makes more sense given the tax change in 2018.
In years past, retirees» ability to
take advantage of a
qualified charitable distribution was dependent on Congress greenlighting the maneuver at the end of each calendar year.
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.
And now I'm comparing doing a
qualified charitable distribution as opposed to
taking your required minimum
distribution and giving it to charity.