QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
Distributions to charity, not subject to income tax.
You, the donor, must be at least 70½ in order to qualify for this type of distribution, called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). The maximum per-person annual amount to qualify for a QCD is $100,000. Only distributions from your IRA will qualify.
QCDs can only go to public charities (such as Mission to the World or your local church), not to your Donor Advised Fund (DAF). QCD distributions are deemed to satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) requirements for any given year.
The benefit of doing a QCD from an IRA is that the distribution comes out of the IRA without any of the tax consequences that would otherwise apply to a withdrawal. Note that there is no charitable deduction for making a QCD distribution to charity.
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