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Information and Resources for Donors and Professional Advisors

Chevron Overturned: What is next for DAF Regs?

U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Chevron doctrine The severe blow recently dealt to federal agencies by the U.S. Supreme Court in overturning the Chevron1 doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo; Relentless, Inc. v. Dept...

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Charitable Planning with Retirement Assets for Minor Children and Special Needs Beneficiaries

IRS issues final regulations on SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 On July 18, 2024, the IRS issued final regulations on distributions from retirement plans relating to the SECURE Act passed...

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Impact of US Supreme Court’s Harvard/UNC Opinion on Nonprofit Sector: Challenges to Race-Conscious Programs

Two recent federal court decisions shed new light on the ongoing wave of DEI-related challenges following the Supreme Court’s 2023 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.  American Alliance for Equal Rights v....

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Federal Agencies Power Curtailed

The Supreme Court cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretation of ambiguous...

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Sunsetting Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Due to a sunset provision built into the TCJA, unless Congress intervenes, the federal exemption from transfer taxation (currently $13.61 million per person) is scheduled to decrease to approximately $7...

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The 2024 National Study on Donor Advised Funds

The Donor Advised Fund Research Collaborative (DAFRC) has released the 2024 National Study on Donor Advised Funds. This is the largest independent study on donor advised funds to-date. 111 DAF...

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Proposed Regulations: Taxes on Taxable Distributions from Donor Advised Funds (IRC §4966)

On February 29, 2024, the Department of Treasury issued a notice of a public hearing on the Proposed Regulations which will be held on May 6, 2024, at the IRS....

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EPIC Omnibus Legislation Enacted with Sweeping EPIC Amendments

The EPIC Omnibus bill was signed into law on February 21, 2024, and takes immediate effect. 2024 PA 1. The new law, put forward by the Probate and Estate Planning Section...

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IRS Proposed Regulations

Taxes on Taxable Distributions from Donor Advised Funds (IRC §4966) The IRS released the first installment of proposed regulations in November of 2023 providing guidance on certain tax rules applying...

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Cryptocurrency Update

The Senate Finance Committee released a request for information over the summer asking the public for its thoughts on a variety of topics surrounding digital assets and how things such...

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