The American Tax Relief Act of 2012 extends for two years, through December 31, 2013, the provision allowing tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts to public charities, by individuals age 70½ or older, up to a maximum of $100,000 per taxpayer per year.
The Act provides special transition rules. One rule allows taxpayers to recharacterize distributions made in January 2013 as made on December 31, 2012. The other rule permits taxpayers to treat a distribution from the IRA to the taxpayer made in December 2012 as a charitable distribution, if transferred to charity before February 1, 2013.
If you would like to find out more about this, feel free to contact us or read more about it at the IRS website: http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Charitable-Donations-from-IRAs-for-2012-and-2013
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