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Gift Planning
Current Gifts
As is the case with many families, there are times each year when Jim and Sharon focus their attention on gift giving. For years, they have created a gift list that includes family members, friends and loved ones. Last year, Jim and Sharon made an addition to their list and began including Boys Home.
Sharon:
Years ago, I inherited stock from my grandmother. Earlier this year, we
decided to sell some of the stock. After we sold the stock, our CPA told us
we would need to pay capital gains of nearly $120,000 from the sale.
Jim:
That came as kind of a shock. The CPA started to talk about ways we could
offset the capital gains tax bill. We told her we wanted to make
substantial gifts to Boys Home. Years ago, a neighbor child went to Boys
Home to live and go to school. He had been a serious problem child, to the
extent that he was suspended from school more than once. After three years
he graduated and returned home. We could not believe the changes he had
made! He was a completely different person and is now in college studying
to be a teacher. Boys Home does remarkable work and we wanted to help them.
Our CPA advised us that if we gave some of the remaining stock before the
end of the year, we could receive a charitable deduction that would help
offset the capital gains tax on the stock we sold.
Sharon:
We contacted Boys Home to discuss the best way to make a gift of stock. A
man in the development department explained the process and provided us
with instructions that allowed our broker to directly transfer stock from
our account to Boys Home's brokerage account.
Jim:
That is what we decided to do. By transferring $80,000 in stock outright to
charity, we received two benefits. First, we avoided a large capital gains
tax on that stock, and second, we received a charitable deduction. The
deduction even offset all of the capital gains from the stock sale. We are
very pleased with the double benefits of our gift. Needless to say, we are
also pleased that we were able to provide Boys Home with a very nice gift!