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The Service has ruled privately that a sale of real property by an estate from which a private foundation has an expectancy to a disqualified person in exchange for a promissory note is not a direct or indirect act of self-dealing because it qualifies as a... |
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Writing on behalf of the American Council on Gift Annuities, Conrad Teitell asks the Senate Finance Committee to make the expired charitable IRA provision permanent and to expand it to include rollovers for life-income charitable gifts. |
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The IRS has released the February issue of Exempt Organizations Update. |
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The Tax Court has held that co-owners of land who donated conservation easements overvalued the easements based on the fact the highest and best use as argued by the IRS and agreed to by the court was not as a gravel mine but, rather, as agricultural property.... |
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The IRS has ruled privately that scholarship awards made by a private foundation are excludable from the gross income of the recipients under section 117 of the Code. |
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The IRS has ruled privately that a private foundation's scholarship grants to artists are not taxable expenditures under section 4945. |
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According to a report by MSNBC, the Facebook IPO will mint over 1,000 new millionaires. Experts are stating they expect nonprofits, donor advised funds and charitable remainder trusts to benefit from the largest Internet IPO in history. |
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Writing on behalf of the American Association of Life Underwriters (AALU), Marguerite Rangel and Andrea Schaffer discuss three client scenarios in which cash value life insurance was utilized as an investment vehicle within charitable lead trusts.... |
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The IRS has released Pub. 892, which describes how a tax-exempt organization can appeal the loss of its exempt status. |
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For purposes of determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest, Revenue Ruling 2012-7 indicates the applicable federal rate under section 7520 for February 2012 is 1.4%; unchanged from... |
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The IRS has revised Pub. 523, Selling Your Home. Although not specific to charitable gift planning, this publication can be helpful to donors and their advisors in determining the basis and capital gain exclusion qualification rules applicable to personal... |
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The IRS has ruled privately that a charitable trust that intended but failed to make an election to treat a contribution as having been paid in the prior year is granted an extension to make the election |
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In Email Chief Counsel Advice, the IRS has stated that so long as property qualifies for a charitable deduction, there is no reasonable cause/good faith exception with respect to the 40% gross valuation penalty. |
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The Joint Committee on Taxation has published a list of expiring tax provisions for 2011 through 2012. Charitable provisions that expired on December 31, 2011 include enhanced charitable deductions for contributions of food inventory, book inventories to public... |
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The IRS has issued guidance with respect to issuing rulings and determination letters on private foundation status under § 509(a), operating foundation status under § 4942(j)(3), and exempt operating foundation status under § 4940(d)(2), of... |
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The IRS has issued guidance that sets forth procedures for issuing determination letters and rulings on the exempt status of organizations under §§ 501 and 521 of the Internal Revenue Code. These procedures also apply to revocation or modification of... |
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The Service has ruled privately that a private foundation's use of the proceeds of loans from a local financial institution to satisfy all or a portion of either the Initial set-aside amount and/or the additional set-aside amount for the purpose of constructing... |
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The Tax Court has denied charitable deductions for conservation contributions made by a couple and two individuals because donations may be extinguished by mutual consent of the parties and, therefore, fail as a matter of law to comply with the... |
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For purposes of determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest, Revenue Ruling 2012-2 indicates the applicable federal rate under section 7520 for January 2012 is 1.4%; down 0.2% from... |
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Writing for Trusts & Estates, attorney Conrad Teitell tells advisors it is a good time to remind clients to substantiate their charitable contribution deductions prior to filing their 2011 income tax returns and provides a sample letter to help advisors... |
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