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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Exceptions to the DAF Definition Under the Proposed Regulations

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Episode 64 continues the exploration of the new proposed regulations important to the administration of Donor Advised Funds. The Internal Revenue Service and the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

New Proposed Regulations Defining Donor Advised Fund Terms

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Episode 63 explores new proposed regulations important to the administration of Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

'Tis the Season for Giving Charitable Giving Through Donor Advised Funds

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Have you considered establishing a donor advised fund as part of your year end giving? A donor advised fund is a type of charitable giving vehicle that allows you to make an irrevocable contribution to a charitable...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Year-End Charitable Giving and IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions

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As the 2023 tax year winds down, owners of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) might consider combining the 2023 tax benefits of charitable giving with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from their IRA....more

Freeman Law

IRS CCMs on Crypto Donations and Crypto Losses

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IRS Chief Counsel Memoranda: Cryptocurrency Donations Above $5,000 Need Qualified Appraisal and No Unrealized Cryptocurrency Loss Without Disposition - Introduction - The IRS recently released two chief counsel...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Charitable Contribution Substantiation Requirements and a Conversation About Art Appraisals With Sarah Vandeweerdt From Christie’s

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, Cynthia Rowland will cover some federal Internal Revenue Code rules that charitable organizations and their donors need to know in order to make sure...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Got Crypto?

Charities increasingly receive inquiries from donors regarding the entity’s willingness to accept cryptocurrency (“crypto”) donations. In the wake of the pandemic, charities should consider ways to diversify fundraising...more

McDermott Will & Emery

NFTs and Charitable Fundraising: Navigating Tax Hurdles

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As the creation of and transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have increased dramatically, so has interest in using NFTs as donations to charitable organizations and for other charitable fundraising tools. Given...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

How to Build Back Generously

In this Thanksgiving season, with the ongoing tax tumult in Washington DC, we pause for a moment to consider not only how we might Build Back Better, but how we can Build Back Generously. Giving is good for the giver, and...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Year-End Charitable Giving and IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions

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As the 2021 tax year winds down, owners of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) might consider combining the 2021 tax benefits of charitable giving with a qualified charitable distribution from your IRA. If you are at least...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Extension of CARES Act Incentives Relating to Charitable Giving: Planning with a Charitable Unitrust Remainder Trust (CRUT)

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By using a Charitable Unitrust Remainder Trust (CRUT), philanthropic minded donors can gift to a charitable cause while maintaining a lifetime benefit. A CRUT is an irrevocable agreement that will provide an income stream to...more

Goodwin

The Consolidated Appropriations Act Of 2021: An Update For Tax-Exempt Organizations

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On December 27, 2020, “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021” (H.R. 133) (the “CAA”) was signed into law by the President. The CAA includes various updates to, and additional funding for, programs established under the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Maximizing End-of-Year Charitable Giving

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As the holiday season approaches, people are thinking about giving to charitable organizations. As a donor, you can be both philanthropic and tax-efficient in your charitable giving. Estate Planning - One way to give is...more

Dickinson Wright

Year End Tax Planning: Charitable Contributions

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Tis the season for charitable giving. First, in order to claim a deduction for a contribution to a qualified charitable organization, a taxpayer must itemize deductions. Second, the contribution must be a contribution of...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Watch out for those who Promise Bogus Charitable Giving Tax Schemes

In the US, there are promoters of phony companies that pose as registered charities and solicit charitable contributions by individuals or corporations. The Donor will provide a receipt that is later refused by the tax...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Tax Court Holds IRS Complied With Supervisor Approval Requirement

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The Tax Court’s recent opinion in Roth v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2017-248, raises interesting issues about the need for supervisor approval when the IRS asserts penalties. In 2007, the petitioners in Roth donated a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Proposed Tax Reform Bill Impacts Philanthropy and Tax-Exempt Organizations

On November 2, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Bill”). At over four hundred pages, the Bill promises substantial changes to the Internal...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Greedy Charitable Deductions May Cost You

Taxpayers are not required to pay a negligence penalty for underpayment of income taxes if, under Internal Revenue Code regulations, there is reasonable cause for a position that the Taxpayer takes in an income tax return. ...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Charitable Giving Before Tax Law Changes Under the New Administration

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Significant changes are expected to U.S. tax laws following the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States and the Republican Party’s retention of control over both houses of Congress. The details of...more

Perkins Coie

'Tis the Season for Year-End Charitable Gifts

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As you are making your list and checking it twice, you might want to consider whether you want to make any year-end gifts to your favorite charities. If you do, you will be in good company. According to the National...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Enforcing Charitable Pledges: New York’s Shifting Landscape

On August 24, 2016, it was widely reported in the business media that Duke University had filed a claim against the estate of Aubrey McLendon, the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., who died in March 2016. The claim was...more

Troutman Pepper

Consider Your Options for Charitable Giving - Trusts and Estates Update Volume 2016, Issue 1

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There are many charitable giving options that are available to fit a donor’s specific goals. You do not have to be Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to make a difference in the world now and after you are gone. Most of our...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Provisions Affecting Charities in Proposed Budget

The Administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 features several proposals that would impact charitable organizations and their donors, including proposals to streamline the private foundation excise tax on net...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

IRS Proposes New Rules for Substantiating Charitable Contribution Deductions: What Every Charity Needs to Know

Anyone who has ever given to a charity is familiar with the contribution receipt: it thanks the donor for the contribution, indicates the dollar amount of the gift and states that the charity did not provide any goods or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Indiana Property Tax Rulings: Charitable Purpose Exemption For Rented Home And Duplex; Taxpayers Prevail With USPAP Appraisal,...

The following summaries of final determinations by the Indiana Board of Tax Review from the first half of 2014 were prepared by Noeli E. Serna, a 2014 summer associate at Faegre Baker Daniels who will be entering her second...more

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