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Basic Quiz - 3.3.4 Gift Annuity Documents

1. There is one standard gift annuity document that covers both federal requirements and every state's requirements.
           
2. An annuity contract should include the names of the donor or donors and the charity, with their addresses, cities, states and zip codes.
           
3. The gift annuity payout and deduction are based on the age or ages of all annuitants.
           
4. The document's state law is always the state where the charity resides.
           
5. It is not permissible for the annuitant to assign an annuity payment to anyone other than the issuing charity.
           
6. With a two-life gift annuity, it is permissible to retain the right to revoke the income stream to the second annuitant.
           
7. A deferred gift annuity is a bargain sale.
           
8. The annuitants' birth dates, addresses and Social Security numbers should be included in the annuity document.
           
9. A donor can reserve the right to change the charitable remainderman in a gift annuity document.
           
10. It is allowable for a gift annuity contract to state that there will be a last pro-rata payment to the annuitant.