How It Works

1. Transfer title to personal residence or farm to Southwestern University
   
2. You receive income-tax deduction for fair-market value of property
   
3. Southwestern University may use or sell the property
   

Benefits

• No out-of-pocket cost for substantial gift to Southwestern University
  
• Federal income-tax deduction for fair-market value of property
  
• None of the inconvenience of having to sell the property
  

Next Steps

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• I’d like to see a detailed description of this gift
• I’d like to have a confidential conversation with a gift-planning
  officer about this gift plan or other options
• I’d like a personal calculation of this gift

Please note: Because the federal estate tax has been repealed for 2010, there is no current estate tax in 2010 for the gifts described on this page. However, the consensus opinion among professionals is that Congress will enact an estate-tax law that may be retroactive to January 1, 2010. It is very important that you seek the advice of your estate-planning attorney to determine what changes, if any, need to be made to your existing estate plans, and then again if Congress reinstates the estate tax sometime later this year.
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