church seminar in charitable estate planning
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Charitable Estate Planning: A Christian Perspective
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Why plan? • Because we are
responsible for our stewardship of resources
• Because we care about others around us
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Estate planning problems in the Bible:
Luke 15:11-13. Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.”
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Conflict Luke 12:13-14a. Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;”
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1. Leave instructions such as rules to prevent wastefulness and disputes
2. Avoid taxes and expenses
Estate planning allows you to
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Your Own Plan
The Government
Plan
Which do you have?
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Do you want the government plan? • Your spouse receives one-
third of your separate personal property, children get the rest
• Your spouse can use one-third of your separate real property, children get the rest. (If no children, spouse gets ½, rest to parents and siblings.)
Texas Probate Code Ch. II § 38(b)
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Do you want the “government plan”? Minor child or grandchild receives entire inheritance…
on his 18th birthday
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Projected investment decision
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Without a will, guardianship of minor children is decided in the courts
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If you were leaving on a trip for three weeks, would you leave instructions for the person watching your things?
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What kind of
instructions can you leave?
Simple: Division, guardianship
Complex: Trust plans
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Example instructions
• Maybe not in one lump sum
• Maybe for specific items – education or first house
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Spendthrift protection
You can protect inheritance payouts from creditors, divorce, or heir borrowing against future income
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“A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing”
- Warren Buffet
• Instead of guaranteed income, match dollars earned.
• Make income contingent on passing drug tests.
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Do you want the “government plan”?
• I want all of the contents and values of my estate to be made public in court records.
• I want any interested salespeople or swindlers to be able to find out exactly how much each of my heirs is receiving.
• I want to pay the court costs and attorneys fees associated with a probate proceeding.
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You can choose to pass assets privately through non-probate transfers or a living trust
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Do you want the “government plan”?
I want to pay the maximum estate taxes knowing in extreme cases this could leave as little as 36% of my estate.
Estate taxes (40%) plus generation skipping taxes (40%) for a large estate being given to grandchildren with previous gifting combines for a 64% tax rate
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Do you want the “government plan”?
I don’t want to decide my medical treatment or have anything to say
about who will make medical or financial
decisions for me if I am incapacitated
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Do you want the “government plan”?
I want to leave absolutely no money to any church or Christian organization
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If you want to leave money to a church or nonprofit organization, there are ways to get immediate tax benefits
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Giving a church or charity the irrevocable right to own farmland or a home after death by a remainder deed is immediately deductible
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Deduction for remainder interest in $100,000 of farm land by age 59 donor
1.8% (Dec 10)
$68,233 11.6% (May 89)
$15,684
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Donor CRT Charity
Initial Transfer
Anything Left at Death
Payments During Life
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Donor CRT Charity
Initial Transfer
Anything Left at Death
Payments During Life
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There are no capital gains taxes when the donor transfers to the CRT or when
the CRT sells the asset
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 … Death
…
A Charitable Gift Annuity trades a gift for a lifetime
income
2010
Typically larger
organizations like LCU
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Example donor ages & rates July, 2010, American Council on Gift Annuities
30 3.7% 40 4.1% 45 4.4% 50 4.8% 55 5.0% 60 5.2% 65 5.5% 70 5.8% 75 6.4% 80 7.2% 85 8.1% 90+ 9.5%
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 … Death
…
No capital gains tax is paid when
transferred to charity
2010
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2011 Qualified Charitable Distribution for IRAs
Early distribution (before 59 ½)
Regular distribution (59 ½ to 70 ½)
Required minimum distribution (after 70 ½)
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After age 70 ½ participants must take required minimum distributions (account balance / remaining life expectancy) or pay 50% penalty
$10,000
$10,000 income IRA
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Giving after 70 ½
For 2011, congress extended the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD): counts toward required minimum distribution without income or deduction
$10,000
$0 income
IRA $0 deduction
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Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)
$10,000
$0 income
IRA $0 deduction
$100,000 per person maximum
Participant 70 ½ or older
No private foundations, donor
advised funds, charitable trusts, or
charitable gift annuities
IRAs or IRA rollovers only; no
401(k), 403(b), SEP, SIMPLE,
pension or profit sharing plans
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There are many options in charitable planning and estate planning.
The biggest risk is putting it off until “tomorrow”!