Donating to charitable gift annuities can provide you with tax breaks now and income later. Here’s what you need to know. If you like the idea of guaranteed income in retirement, you may want to give charitable gift annuities a look. A charitable gift annuity is a contract between you and a charity, often your alma mater’s foundation. You can donate cash, securities or other assets to the charity and get a charitable tax deduction up front. The institution invests the money and returns some of i
If the IRS does decide to audit you, there is little you may do to stop it. You may, however, reduce the odds that you will be singled out for that extra attention in the first place.