Two Charitable Giving Changes Retirees Should Check This Year
September 1, 2026
A couple gives $6,000 a year, spread across twelve months and five organizations, and never needed a strategy for it. This year the arithmetic changed. One new rule takes a slice off the bottom of every itemizer's charitable deduction. Another hands a deduction to households that take the standard deduction. Which one applies depends on a question many retirees can no longer answer.
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