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Per the Social Security website: If you are under full retirement age for the entire year, we deduct $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit. For 2012, that limit is $14,640.... Read More

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No, a Charitable Remainder Trust does not pay any taxes. The capital gains are retained in the trust and passed out to the remainder beneficiary when the trust closes. Read More

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No. An individual can be the income beneficiary of a CRT but the remainder beneficiary must be a recognized charity. Read More