Give It Twice Trust

You may be looking for a way to provide your children with income while making a gift to us. The "give it twice" trust is a popular option that allows you to transfer your IRA or other asset at death to fund a term of years charitable remainder unitrust.

We call this kind of unitrust a give it twice trust because you can use the trust to pay income first to your family for a number of years and then distribute the balance of the trust to the organization named in the agreement.

Give It Twice Trust Overview

Benefits of a give it twice trust

Use the full value of your unused retirement account to provide income to your surviving spouse and to provide income to children or other loved ones for a specified period of time
Create an estate tax deduction and savings from the charitable gift
Support the important charitable work of the nonprofit named in the agreement

How a give it twice trust works

We can help you and your attorney with the process of creating a charitable remainder unitrust.
You complete an IRA or other retirement account beneficiary designation form, naming the charitable trust as the beneficiary, and return the form to the account custodian.
When you pass away, the custodian will transfer your retirement account to the charitable trust.
The trust will pay income to your spouse, children or other individual beneficiaries for their life, term of years or life plus term of years.
At the conclusion of the payments, the balance of the trust will support the causes that matter to you.

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The charitable remainder unitrust calculator generates a printable presentation that shows how you can enjoy increased income with a tax-free sale plus benefit from charitable tax deduction.

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Number of Beneficiaries

One Two

Click the appropriate button for a presentation of one or two beneficiaries. Selecting one beneficiary will cause the second beneficiary and the associated name and birthdate fields to be hidden from view.

First Beneficiary

Enter the name of the person. You may use such titles as "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Dr.", "Rev.", "Jr.", "Sr.", etc. For the remainder unitrust the first person is the first income recipient or beneficiary of the agreement.

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Birthdate

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Second Beneficiary

Second beneficiary is required

Birthdate

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Please enter a valid birthdate for the second beneficiary

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Income Tax Rate

Select the current federal income tax rate of the donor. This will be used to project possible income tax savings. If you are uncertain about the correct rate, you may choose one of the middle rates. For many people, this will be close to their actual income tax rate.

Property Value $

Please enter a valid property value

Property value is required

Enter the amount of cash or the fair market value (FMV) of the asset(s) used to fund the CGA. For assets such as real estate, closely-held stock and other hard to value assets, the FMV is the appraised value of the property on the date of the gift.

Cost Basis $

Please enter a valid cost basis

Cost basis is required

Enter the cost basis of the asset being used to fund the trust or annuity. If the asset is cash, the cost basis is equal to the gift amount. If it is appreciated property, the cost basis will most likely be the amount you originally paid for the property. The cost basis is used to determine the capital gains tax which will be bypassed as a result of selling the asset. If the cost basis is not known or cannot be proven, the IRS assumes the cost basis to be $0. If cash funds the gift annuity, enter the same value as "Value of Property."

Current Return

Current return percentage is required

Enter the current return or yield of the asset(s) which will be used to fund the gift agreement. For example, if the trust will be funded with public-traded stock which is currently paying a dividend of 3%, the current return yield is, in turn, 3%. If the gift is funded with vacant land or a personal residence (assuming the property is not leased), the current return would be 0%.

Trust Payout

Payout must be between 5% and 50%

Payout percentage is required

Enter the percent income payout to the donor. You must select a trust percent payout of 5% or more.

Payment Frequency

Select either monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual income payments to the beneficiary(ies) of the income. The choice of payment frequency does affect the amount of the charitable deduction as the more frequent the payment (i.e. monthly as opposed to annually), the smaller the donor's tax deduction.

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Give It Twice Trust

We call this kind of unitrust a give it twice trust because you can use the trust to pay income first to your family for a number of years and then distribute the balance of the trust to the organization named in the agreement.