This article focuses on the noncash charitable reporting requirements themselves, specifically Form 8283, and on how IRS has cited technical noncompliance with these requirements — footfaults, if you will —…
For various reasons, the charitable remainder annuity trust has long been underutilized as a gift planning vehicle. At any given moment there may be somewhat over a hundred thousand split…
Recent rising interest rates and longer table life expectancies will shift values as between “income” and remainder interests in split interest trusts and charitable gift annuities, altering the tax incentives…
Upon moving to New York City, Kate McLeod found herself feeling lost and low in the busy city. She found solace in business—accidentally. In 2015, McLeod was living in a…
In this slowing U.S. economy, it’s important to understand why and how economists’ adjustments of actual data can produce misleading results. Worse, those adjusted results often are presented as absolutes,…
If you’re claiming an income tax deduction for a contribution to charity of a capital asset worth more than $5k, other than publicly-traded securities, you will need to support your…
Online grocer and B Corp Thrive Market has set some ambitious goals for itself: to be Zero Waste by 2022, plastic neutral by 2023, and carbon negative by 2025. But…
You may think that your aging loved ones are safe from being ripped off because they’ve been careful about their estate planning, particularly if they have a lot to steal.…
Key takeaways Historically, steelmaking has been a dirty process, but new technologies are changing this Green steel is made using electric furnaces powered by renewable energy as opposed to coal…
AMD motherboards could be much cheaper in the near future thanks to cheaper chipsets being available for its new Socket AM5 platform and Ryzen 7000 processors. Above we can see…