With the passage of the Taxpayer Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, the qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your IRA is available through the end of the year under normal rules. This means that you can, if you’re age 70½ or older, make direct distributions from your IRA to a qualified charity or charities, not counting the distribution as income and not itemizing the charitable contribution.
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He has also written five books on Social Security, IRAs, 401(k) plans, and Medicare. See below for more on the books.
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Sterling Raskie, MSFS, CFP®, ChFC®
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In addition to this blog, you’ll find Sterling’s writings all around the internet. Sterling is also an adjunct professor teaching courses in math, finance, investments and insurance.
The books!
The latest in our Owner’s Manual series, A 401(k) Owner’s Manual, was published in January 2020 and is available on Amazon at this link. This book includes all of the updates to retirement plans with passage of the SECURE Act.
A Medicare Owner’s Manual, is updated with 2020 facts and figures. This manual is available on Amazon at this link.
Social Security for the Suddenly Single can be found on Amazon at this link. This book is narrowly-focused on divorcee Social Security strategies and rules. It is also available in a Kindle version.
Sterling’s first book, Lose Weight Save Money, can be purchased by clicking this link. The book is also available on Kindle, which you can find at this Kindle version link.
An IRA Owner’s Manual, 2nd Edition is available for purchase on Amazon. Click the link to choose the paperback version, or the Kindle version.
Jim’s book – A Social Security Owner’s Manual, is now available on Amazon. Click this link for the Amazon ordering page.Queuing Waterfowl
In case you hadn’t already noticed, this blog doesn’t have much to do with ducks – or any waterfowl for that matter.
No, what we’re doing here is talking about all things financial; getting your financial house in order. Here in the Midwest, “getting your ducks in a row” implies organization, which is one of the outcomes of having a better understanding of your financial life.
I hope you find the answers you’re looking for among the articles here, and perhaps a smile. If you can’t locate your answer, drop me an email or give me a call – we’ll see what we can find for you.
And if you’ve come here to learn about queuing waterfowl, I apologize for the confusion. You may want to discuss your question with Lester, my loyal watchduck and self-proclaimed “advisor’s advisor”.
question? – how many years in a row has the QCD been in effect? I am trying to plan my contributions for 2015 and would like to do it that way to reduce my taxable income and be able to give more to my church.
Without digging into the legislative history, I can tell you that it’s at least been around since 2009. If I had to guess I’d say it probably was originally created with the 2006 Pension Protection Act. Every time that it was to expire the provision has been reinstated – but now it’s only active until 12/31/2014 (not extended into 2015 at present).
Thanks a bunch. I could not find this info earlier and the person who I talked just a day or so ago seemed ignorant of the subject even though he was a private client advisor for Chase Bank in Seattle. Now I am stuck with being able to take advantage of this situation. I have searched the web several times fot QCD info and recently just found this article. The advisor is not on vacation to the end of the year and it appears I will not be able to have the funds send elsewhere instead of deducting taxes and suffering for an increase income.
Great News: I was reading a Judge cannot be a senior judge until age 75 year age!
so whoever is “brainwashing me” I am too old @ 63 y. to “begin my home business; is “talking through their hat; as my Father used to say: aka “full of beans!”
Those folks will be “replaced by an FDIC Bank Trustee”!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!! :)