Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 508F - Charitable Gift Annuities

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Charitable gift annuity: means a transfer of property by a donor to a charitable organization in return for an annuity payable over one or two lives, if the actuarial value of the annuity is less than the value of the property transferred and the difference in value constitutes a charitable deduction for federal tax purposes. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• Charitable organization: means an entity described by any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Internal Revenue Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as designated by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, as amended to a date designated by rules adopted by the commissioner. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• Property: means anything of value that is subject to ownership, and includes but is not limited to property classified as real, personal, mixed, tangible or intangible, or any present or future interest in such property. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• Qualified charitable gift annuity: means a charitable gift annuity that is described by section 501(m)(5) or 514(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, if all of the following apply:
   a. See Iowa Code 508F.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1