Tax Correspondence to IRS: To Prevent Discouarging Charitable Giving, IRS Should Hold Section 2511(c) Inapplicable to Transfers to Qualified Charitable Remainder Trusts

Phillip Karpel, of Olincy & Karpel, wrote a correspondence to the IRS in response to Notice 2010-19 and in response to Conrad Teitell's February 5, 2010 correspondence to the IRS.  The correspondence stresses the discouragement that Notice 2010-19 will have on charitable gift planning.