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The Deferred-Payment Gift Annuity

This type of gift might appeal to you if you want to support Disabled American Veterans, you're over 50, have a high income, need to benefit now from a current tax deduction, and are interested in augmenting potential retirement income.

The deferred-payment gift annuity involves the current transfer of cash or marketable securities in exchange for which DAV Charitable Service Trust agrees to pay the donor an annuity starting at a future date—usually at the donor's retirement. The gift can consist of a single transfer, a series of transfers, or periodic transfers to the plan in high-income years.

You realize an immediate charitable deduction for the gift portion of each transfer to the deferred gift-annuity plan. A portion of each annuity payment, when the payments begin, will be a tax-free return of principal over the life expectancy of the annuitant. When appreciated, long-term, capital-gain securities are transferred, any reportable capital gain is spread out over the donor-annuitant's life expectancy.

For example, Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, both 58, wish to supplement their retirement income with a deferred-payment gift annuity. After consulting with their own financial advisors and a member of our staff, they decide to contribute $100,000 to the Service Trust gift-annuity program.

The tax and financial benefits of this arrangement to the Cullens are as follows:

• Under the deferred gift arrangement, the Cullens are entitled to a charitable deduction of approximately $10,800 (10.8% of the amount they contribute.)
  
  
• At the age of 66, when retirement income becomes important, the Cullens will receive $6,900 each year from their well-planned annuity. In addition, a portion of those payments will be excludable from their taxable income for their life expectancy.
  
  
• Unlike a qualified retirement plan, there are no upper or lower limits to their contributions or other restrictive requirements on the design of the plan.

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