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Home > Planned Giving > Getting Started: Charitable Remainder Trusts

Getting Started: Charitable Remainder Trusts

Did you know?
Your charitable remainder trust will pay you income each year, which can be more than you receive now from your investments.

 

How It Works

With a charitable remainder trust, you can receive income each year for the rest of your life from assets you place in the trust. Your income can be either variable or a fixed amount. After your lifetime, the balance in the trust goes to the charities of your choice.

Read about one Sisters Hospital Foundation supporter who arranged a charitable remainder trust.

Your Possible Benefits
  • A partial charitable income tax deduction
  • Potential for increased disposable income
  • Up-front capital gains tax avoidance
  • Professional management of trust assets available
  • Estate and/or gift tax charitable deductions

 

Choose Between 2 Main Types

There are two types of charitable remainder trusts:

  • The annuity trust pays you, each year, the same dollar amount you choose at the start. Your payments stay the same, regardless of fluctuations in trust investments. Example: Elizabeth, 76, owns several stocks worth $100,000 that currently pay dividends of only $2,000 a year. She decides to give these stocks to a charitable remainder annuity trust. She will qualify for a partial income tax deduction of $46,587,* receive $6,500 a year and provide a future gift to Sisters Hospital Foundation.

*Based on annual payments and a 3.4 percent charitable midterm federal rate.

Learn more about how you can benefit from an annuity trust.

  • The unitrust pays you, each year, a variable amount based on a fixed percentage of the fair market value of the trust assets. The amount of your payments is redetermined annually. If the value of the trust increases, so do your payments. If the value decreases, however, so will your payments. Example: Larry, 65, was looking for a gift vehicle that keeps up with inflation and provides extra income during retirement. He decides to give $100,000 to a unitrust that will pay him 6 percent of the trust assets each year. Larry will also qualify for a partial income tax deduction of $39,614* and provide a future gift to Sisters Hospital Foundation.

*Based on annual payments and a 3.4 percent charitable midterm federal rate.

Learn more about how you can benefit from a unitrust.

Please call Julie Snyder at 716-862-1992, or e-mail us at jsnyder@chsbuffalo.org, for more information.

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The information in this Web site is not intended as legal advice. For legal advice, please consult an attorney. Figures cited in examples are for hypothetical purposes only and are subject to change. References to estate and income tax include federal taxes only. Individual state taxes and/or state law may impact your results.