QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS IN 2015 UNCERTAIN, BUT THERE IS AN OPTION!
Billy Thomas, CPA
Capitol Hill provided an excellent holiday gift in late-December 2014 with the Tax Extenders Package, otherwise known as The Tax Increase Prevention Act. One of the most talked about provisions of the Act was the extension of tax-free distributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for charitable purposes through December 31, 2014. This is called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) in tax terms.
A QCD is a very common tax savings strategy. Essentially, a taxpayer who is 70 […]