Iodine (in the form of iodide) is added to table salt to help prevent iodine deficiency. Since the 1980s there have been efforts to have universal salt iodization. This has been an affordable and effective way to combat iodine deficiency around the world, but not all salt contains iodine, however.
Generally, a qualified charitable distribution is an otherwise taxable distribution from an IRA (other than an ongoing SEP or SIMPLE IRA) owned by an individual who is age 70Â½ or over that is paid directly from the IRA to a qualified charity.
Good news! Congress just passed a tax bill that permanently extends the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) provision, which lets people over age 70Â½ transfer up to $100,000 from their IRA to charity and have it count as their required minimum distribution without increasing their adjusted gross income.