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A pair of hands form a protective gesture over a chalk drawing of a house on a blackboard. The simple house, complete with door, window, and chimney, is surrounded by blue lines representing rain and yellow lines suggesting sunlight. This image evokes the warmth and security that charitable deductions can help provide to those in need.

Protect your Charitable Deductions at Tax Time

Charitably-minded investors have a new priority to shoulder: protecting their charitable tax deductions. Since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 did not directly address donation deductibility, few realized the new law could directly impact the tax treatment of their giving. The legislation increased the standard deduction to $12,200 for single taxpayers and $24,400 for those married filing jointly in 2019. Since the new tax law also imposed limits to other popular itemized deductions

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The Wealth of Life: It’s more than money! – podcast

In celebration of SYM’s 50th anniversary, speaker, author and coach Susan Turnbull spoke to a gathering of friends and community in four of our SYM communities. In this podcast, we’re featuring the presentation in Winona Lake, Indiana. Listen as Susan redefines the word “legacy,” taking it back from the grave, then treats the audience to a hands-on, invigorating exploration of the riches we can leave for our families, friends, communities, and the generations that will

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