November 14, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Guide to Charitable Giving, by Michael B. Kennedy, Evelyn M. Capassakis, and Richard S. Wagman, outlines the options available to people who wish to make charitable contributions. The book, written by an accountant and two lawyers who are members of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Personal Financial Services practice, begins by defining the different types of charitable organizations. Succeeding chapters describe which contributions are deductible on federal income-tax forms and the limits on deductions, and includes copies of the forms necessary to claim deductions. Several chapters cover options for giving, such as charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, bequests, and gifts of real estate or other property. One of the appendices contains an Internal Revenue Service publication that outlines changes in disaster-relief gifts that went into effect following the September 11th attacks. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, N.J. 08875; (800) 225-5945; fax (800) 597-3299; http://www.wiley.com; 202 pages; $19.95; ISBN 0-471-23503-2
