Can Buffett do it?

According to news reports, Warren Buffett is planning to donate about $1.36B per year to the Gates Foundation

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The money from Buffett, 75, comes with a significant catch. The letter says Buffett wants all his money to be distributed in the year it is donated, not added to the foundation's assets for future giving. The foundation gave away $1.36 billion in

2005, so the Buffett commitment would effectively double its spending.

Question: Doesn't the condition as to when the money is distributed constitute a restriction and preclude the donation from being a charitable give? I thought that was the rule. How does he get around it?

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Vic Dura
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There is generally nothing wrong with restrictions on charitable gifts, as long as it is still to be used for the organization's charitable purpose.

Stu

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Stuart A. Bronstein

...snipped and original attributions were already gone...

Reckon???? :)

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dpb

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