Qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) can reduce your tax bill and Medicare costs in retirement. Here's how this underused IRS benefit makes a difference.

An individual retirement account owner aged 70 ½ or more may be able to withdraw money from the account tax-free and use it to support favorite causes with a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).

Reaching 72 with $900,000 in tax-deferred retirement accounts means navigating required minimum distributions (RMDs) while ...

Q. In a recent column, you indicated that I could use the qualified charitable distribution (QCD) option at 70 1/2. I am confused. I thought I did not have to take required minimum distributions (RMDs ...

There are several great ways retirees can use their investment portfolios to give to charity. One of which is taking a Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA account, or “QCD” for short. As the ...

What is Qualified Charitable Distribution?

Dear Liz: Please have another go with respect to answering a recent question about making qualified charitable distributions from an IRA using a debit card, which is something we have also wondered ...