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Charitable Life Estates
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3. Case Study
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77 and 74 year old
House worth 4.5M
Deduction-$4M+
Tax Savings-$1.8M
4. Why Do a Charitable Life Estate
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Income tax deduction for client
No change in lifestyle
Satisfy charitable giving intent
5. When would you use it?
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Owner does not care about keeping home in family
Can benefit from current income tax deduction
Has some charitable intent
Can replace some or all of the gift with life insurance
6. When would you not use it?
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Owner cares about keeping home in family
Cannot benefit from current income tax deduction
Has no charitable intent
Cannot replace some or all of the gift with life
insurance
7. What Type of Property Qualifies?
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Any property used by the taxpayer as a personal
residence even though it is not used as the principal
residence.
Single family homes
Condos
Co-ops
8. What Type of Property Qualifies?
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QPRT definition may apply to include
mobile home
Boat
house trailer if
contains sleeping space, toilet, and cooking facilities
9. Farms
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Farm means any land used by the taxpayer or his tenant for
the production of crops, fruits, or other agricultural
products or for the sustenance of livestock.
Includes improvements
Not limited to house
like barns, house, etc
and reasonable land
like a QPRT
10. Can cost of furnishings be deducted?
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No
12. How do you do it?
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Deed - Irrevocable transfer of property to charity
Reservation of life estate
13. Agreement
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Life Tenants
Who are they?
Are their more than one?
Is there a line of succession?
Term of Year
Who are tenants?
Successor tenants
14. Other Agreement Terms
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Who maintains the premises
Who insures the property against loss and liability
Who repairs the premises in the event of damage
Prohibition on additional liens or encumbrances
15. Agreement Terms
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What if life tenant wants to sublet
Vacate
Sell with or without repurchase
Access for periodic inspection
16. Additional Items
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Obtain clear title
Environmental concerns
Property tax valuation and transfer tax expense
17. The Deduction
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The donor is entitled to a
charitable contribution
income tax deduction in
an amount equal to the
net present value of the
charitable remainder
interest.
18. Deduction Calculation Elements
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FMVof the property
FMV of depreciable property
Estimated useful life of the depreciable property
Salvage value of the depreciable improvements
Measuring term of the agreement and
AFR
19. FMV of Property
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If over $5,000, must have a qualified appraisal
FMV reduced by any indebtedness
20. Depreciable Property
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If any part of the real property is subject to
exhaustion, wear and tear, or obsolescence, a special
factor is used in valuing the remainder interest in
that part
Depreciation computed using straight-line over the
asset's useful life
21. Estimated Useful Life
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How long will the depreciable part of property be
useful for its intended purpose?
OK to use depreciation schedule for similar property
27.5 years for residential property
22. Salvage Value
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What will the depreciable property be worth at the
end of the useful life?
23. What is the Term?
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Term of years or measuring life?
Terminal illness (7520)
25. I want to leave-what are my options?
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Rent
Sell
Gift
27. Options
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Sell the property
Replace the property sold
Buy new property subject to life estate
No replacement
Divide proceeds
29. What about capital improvements?
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Treated as an additional contribution
Additional tax deduction
30. Bargain Sale of Remainder Interest
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Part gift/sale of remainder interest
Charity pays cash
Reduces tax deduction
May cause gain to be recognized
31. Debt Encumbered Property
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If the transferred property is subject to indebtedness,
however, the transaction is subject to the bargain
sale rules.
When debt encumbered property is transferred to
charity by outright gift, the entire amount of the
indebtedness is considered an amount realized by
the donor.
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