One of the most frequent challenges encountered in the administration of life income gifts is the issue of uncashed checks. The typical response to an uncashed check is to place a stop payment on the check after a specific period of time, and to reissue payment in the form of a replacement check. If the replacement check is cashed within a reasonable period of time, it is assumed that the original uncashed check was just an anomaly and no further action is required. But what happens when the replacement check, and subsequent checks are not cashed?  This article addresses what a charity should do when a beneficiary stops cashing life income payments.

We frequently receive calls from our clients asking how to determine the date-of-death value for a charitable gift annuity (CGA). The value of a gift annuity upon the death of an annuitant seems to be an area of particular confusion.