Qualified charitable distribution from ira

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June 6, 2019
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Charles Schwab allows IRA holders two alternatives for QCD payments as follows:

1. Deliver/send a check direct to a qualified charity from Schwab.

2. Make the check payable to the charity but mail it to the IRA owner to be delivered to the charity.

My Question: Does the IRS consider checks delivered to a charity by the IRA holder a QCD assuming the check is made payable to the charity?

Thank you.

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dmertz

Level 15

Either method satisfies the statutory requirement that the QCD distribution be paid to the charity by the IRA custodian. A check made payable to the charity is not negotiable by you, it's only negotiable by the charity.

SweetieJean

Alumni - Champ

Under IRS Notice 2007-7, Q&A-41, it is permitted for the check to be mailed to the IRA owner, as long as the check is payable to the charity, but a check payable to the IRA owner that is merely endorsed over to the charity does not satisfy the QCD requirements.