IRA, Charitable Donations, Income Taxes

The Fiscal Cliff Deal - What does it mean for you and your business?

by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 1/18/2013

In the early morning hours of January 1, 2013, the Senate approved the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) by a vote of 89-8. Less than 24 hours later, the House of Representatives also approved the Act by a vote...more

IRS Announces Deadline to Make 2012 Charitable/IRA Rollovers

by J. Grant Coleman | King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC on 1/18/2013

On January 16, 2013, the IRS issued a notice (IR-2013-6) advising that certain IRA owners have a limited time to make tax-free transfers to eligible charities and have them count for 2012. IRA owners age 70½ or older have...more

Estate Planning After the Fiscal Cliff Deal

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/17/2013

Now that a deal averting the fiscal cliff has finally been reached, many of the tax and planning issues that have been mired in uncertainty for the past two years (and even longer in some cases) may be resolved. Numerous tax...more

How Will the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Affect You - Details of Legislation passed by Congress to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

by Robert Howell, Westray Veasey | Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/15/2013

On January 2, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, H.R. 8 (ATRA), preserving many of the key tax provisions passed during the George W. Bush presidency, which were scheduled to...more

IRA Planning And Charitable Gifts

by Fredric Sytsma, Pamela Tyler | Varnum LLP on 1/14/2013

Congress extended through the end of 2013 the popular "charitable IRA transfer." This permits individuals who have reached age 70 1/2 to make income tax-free distributions up to $100,000 directly from an individual...more

Congress Avoids the Fiscal ‘Cliff’—Now What?

by David Herpe, Richard Lang, Jonathan Motto | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/10/2013

The new federal tax bill establishes permanent income, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax provisions that present additional planning opportunities for 2013 and beyond. ...more

New Tax Act's Impact on Planning for Charitable Donations

by Jill Dodd, Vivian Redsar | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/9/2013

New Year's Day brought new tax legislation passed by Congress, called the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "Act"), which President Obama has signed into law. The Act has made some important changes to the tax law...more

Charitable Giving Under the New Tax Law: A Unique (But Brief) Opportunity for IRA Rollovers and Other Highlights

by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/8/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 enacted in Washington last week creates a unique opportunity for charitable giving. Individuals with IRAs who have attained age 70½ may make a tax-free rollover to charity of up to...more

IRA Charitable Rollover Provisions Revived

by Kristin Matsko, David Morganelli | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 1/8/2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, signed into law on January 2, 2013, revives the IRA charitable rollover provisions which originally expired in 2011. The revived IRA charitable rollover allows an individual who is...more

Summary of Income Tax Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

by D. Michael O'Leary, Gary Teblum | Trenam Kemker on 1/8/2013

As you no doubt are aware, Congress just passed, and the President just signed into law, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”). The Act is effective as of January 1, 2013. This summary addresses certain of...more

Revival of the Direct Charitable IRA Transfer

by Reeve Chudd | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 1/7/2013

The new Fiscal Cliff legislation, H.R.8, the “American Taxpayer Relief Act” (“ATRA”) extends the Direct Charitable IRA Transfer treatment through December 31, 2013. This means that Donors age 70½ or older can ask their IRA...more

Important New Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act

by Edward Chaney, Matthew Elkin, Kimberly Eney, Alexander Reid, Celia Roady, Caroline Waldner | Morgan Lewis on 1/7/2013

From tax rates and tax extenders to the revival of the Pease limitation, the act includes a host of provisions affecting tax-exempt organizations....more

Fiscal Cliff Tax Changes

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/7/2013

On New Year’s Day 2013, the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” (the Act) was enacted to avoid the impact of automatic “fiscal cliff” tax increases. The Act, effective January 1, 2013, retains and makes permanent the...more

Fiscal cliff avoided — what it means for you

by Jeffrey Glaser, Robert Louis, Elizabeth Mullen | Saul Ewing LLP on 1/5/2013

While most of us were celebrating the new year, members of the U.S. House and Senate were trying to prevent a fall over the dreaded "fiscal cliff," the combination of automatic tax increases and automatic reductions in...more

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