By Reynolds Cafferata and Catherine Anne Karayan Step-by-Step Protecting Your Rights Beneficiaries can protect themselves from overbroad waiver with the following steps: Review the information provided by the fiduciary to see if there is any reason for concern Review waivers and edit forms so that they do not provide fiduciaries with greater protections than they […]
Donors Lack Standing to Challenge Action of DAF Sponsor Unless DAF Made a Specific Promise In Philip Pinkert v. Schwab Charitable Fund, Case No. 20-cv-076657-LB (N.D., Cal.), the court dismissed the lawsuit of a donor to a donor advised fund (“DAF”) for lack of standing. In Pinkert, the donor made contributions to Schwab Charitable Fund […]
Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say they are protecting the charitable deduction in their tax plans. Hillary Clinton initially proposed limiting the charitable deduction to the 28% tax rate even if the donor was in a higher bracket, but at the AFP Conference in March, she backed away from this proposal. Donald Trump excludes […]