In response to a call from a financial advisor in Pennsylvania, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address what the tax benefits are for a qualified charitable distribution ...

The release of the official IRS Publication 590-B brought clarity to the issue of limitations on QCDs based on deductible contributions made to IRAs. A big change related to qualified charitable ...

An individual retirement account owner aged 70 ½ or more may be able to withdraw money from the account tax-free and use it to support favorite causes with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).

For taxpayers who stress over annual Required Minimum Distributions and are also inclined to charitable giving, Qualified Charitable Distributions or QCD’s have been a useful tool to accommodate both ...

Quick Read RMDs increase taxable income and can trigger taxes on Social Security benefits and higher Medicare premiums. QCDs transfer RMD funds directly from IRAs to charities without triggering taxes ...

You can make a tax-free donation of up to $105,000 from your IRA this year using a strategy known as the qualified charitable distribution, or QCD. But this strategy works only if the rules are ...

One of the most tax-friendly provisions of an IRA is the ability for IRA owners who are at least age 70½ to donate up to $108,000 (2025 limit) directly to an eligible charity from their IRA. This is ...

Who can make this kind of gift? People seventy and a half years old and older (even when your required minimum distribution starts at age seventy-three). Yes. An IRA owner can make a one-time election ...