Charitable Gift Annuity Examples

• Brünnhilde, who is 80 years old, contributes $20,000 in securities (with an original cost of $8,000) to Seattle Opera for a gift annuity. With an annuity rate of 8.9%, she receives fixed, guaranteed payments of $1,780 per year as long as she lives. For the duration of her life expectancy, $459 of her annual payments will be tax-free, and $689 of them will be taxed as capital gain. She also receives a charitable deduction of $9,203 in the year of her gift.
• Wotan, age 76, gives $10,000 cash to Seattle Opera for a gift annuity and he will receive $800 a year. $483 is tax-free for the first eleven years, after which, the remaining amount will be taxed as ordinary income. Also, his income-tax deduction for the year of his gift would be $4,294.

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