Archive for the ‘Philanthropy/Charitable Giving’ Category
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
The spring 2013 issue of Your Guide to Charitable Giving & Estate Planning can be read at http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?pbid=9b28931a-f773-4a6f-917a-9940abf1fc25&goback=%2Egde_108662_member_235958123
The issue has about 14 articles on such topics as the 2013 Federal Budget amendments to first gifts to charities, the new first in Canada Carleton University Graduate Degree in Philanthropy and Nonprofit ...
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
In a recent seminar, Elena Hoffstein of Fasken Martineau charmingly described the deemed disposition of capital and other taxable property at death as an “exit penalty”. You die; you pay. The flip side of the penalty is an “exit benefit” for charitable giving, which is the ...
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Charities have been puzzling over what to do with the new First-Time Donor’s Super Credit (FDSC) since it was announced in the March 22, 2013 Federal Budget. The FDSC is a stimulus-style incentive for charitable giving for gifts claimed between 2013 and 2017. Its goal is to ...
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