Gifts from Retirement Plans at Death

Retirement-plan benefits often make an excellent choice for funding a testamentary charitable gift to OU. Not only will such a gift escape federal income tax, but it will also avoid any potential federal estate tax. This combination of income taxes and estate taxes could result in a tax hit of more than 62% of the retirement-plan benefits.

If, for example, you have designated your children to be the beneficiaries of $100,000 of your retirement-plan benefits, and your estate is subject to federal estate taxes, your children could lose $40,000 to federal estate taxes and as much as an additional $22,200 to federal income taxes for a total reduction in benefits of $62,200. If, however, you designate OU as the beneficiary of that $100,000, the full amount will pass to us with no reduction in benefits.

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Colette O'Connor
Sr. Director of Planned Giving
(248) 370-3698
oconnor@oakland.edu

Oakland University
Office of Planned Giving
John Dodge House
507 Golf View Lane
Rochester, MI 48309
Federal Tax ID Number: 38-1714400

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