I made a charitable contribution of some mutual fund shares by transferring the shares from my account to the charity's account. This allows me to take the value of the shares on the day of the transaction as a charitable contribution, but I don't have to claim any capital gains for these shares that were transferred. I can simply remove the shares, but I don't know how to show the cash value of the contribution in my contribution budget category. If I treat the transaction as a sale and then a cash contribution, it would show up as a capital gain. This would not be correct. How do others handle this type of transaction?
Chuck