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IRS Urged to Rethink Charitable Trust Rules

By Elizabeth Schwinn

Nonprofit leaders are asking the Internal Revenue Service to revise a new requirement for charitable trusts that are set up by married couples, saying the change unnecessarily complicates giving. The rule, which took effect June 28, requires donors to receive written permission from their spouses before establishing a charitable trust.

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