A resolution designating May 2021 as "Older Americans Month".
- Last Action
- 5/26/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-02-04Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-04 (00)
Legacy IRA Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes.
The bill increases from $100,000 to $400,000 the annual limit on the aggregate amount of distributions for charitable purposes that may be excluded from the gross income of a taxpayer.
The bill permits tax-free distributions from IRAs to a split-interest entity for four years after the enactment of this bill. A split-interest entity is exclusively funded by charitable distributions and includes: a charitable remainder annuity trust, a charitable remainder unitrust, or a charitable gift annuity. A charitable gift annuity must commence fixed payments of at least 5% no later than one year from the date of funding.
A distribution to a split-interest entity may only be treated as a qualified charitable distribution if: (1) no person holds an income interest in the entity other than the individual for whose benefit the account is maintained, the spouse of such individual, or both; and (2) the income interest in the entity is nonassignable.
Cosponsors (6)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Subjects
- Charitable contributions
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Income tax exclusion
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
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