If you are over 70 1/2 and have any charitable inclinations or obligations arranging qualified charitable distributions (QCD) from you IRA is probably a really good deal. For some people it could be a ...

As the 2024 tax year comes to a close, owners of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) might consider combining the tax benefits of charitable giving with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) ...

Most people are aware that the SECURE Act raised the age you must begin taking money out of your IRA from 70-1/2 to 72. These distributions are known as your required minimum distribution, or RMD.

Q. We don’t need all the cash we get from our Required Minimum Distributions so we are interested in these charitable donations from an IRA I’ve been reading about to reduce the taxes on the RMD.

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