It is interesting to note that charitable giving from bequests increased significantly in 2010.
This piecemeal gathering of varied bequests is hardly likely to make up a coherent collection, however.
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Since unintended bequests are, by definition, not planned they should be unaffected by the prospect of the tax.
Donations can be in cash, securities and goods (known as gift-in-kind), and they can be bequests from estates.
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Messrs Baland and Robinson acknowledge that negative bequests might be hard to implement, for both social and legal reasons.
In 1910 ABS was saved from financial collapse by the timely deaths of supporters whose wills contained hefty bequests.
Another argument for death duties is that big bequests make people less likely to work and to be enterprising.
In 1981 Congress enacted a complete exemption from estate taxes of bequests and gifts from one spouse to the other.
It was a world of wills and bequests, where young lovers lived on dreams until old curmudgeons fell off their perches.
"Being able to provide these fantastic new lifeboats is thanks to very generous bequests for which we are eternally grateful, " he said.
Respondents are asked about such things as the likelihood that they will work past the age of 65 or leave bequests to family members.
If bequests are an accident, the estate tax is quite efficient.
We talked with fundraisers about their experiences with women donors as well as wealth management advisors who facilitate planned gifts such as bequests or gifts of appreciated stock.
The estate tax issue is this: Under DOMA, same-sex couples cannot take advantage of the unlimited deduction for bequests to spouses or share the doubled exemption that benefits federally-defined married couples.
The Republican plan, Clinton wrote, would also have an adverse effect on charity giving, since that is one way -- through bequests and gifts-- that estates now minimize their tax exposure.
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The authors' main calculations also make no allowance for bequests to descendants (Mr Bush has promised that the retired should be allowed to transfer part of their individual accounts to their heirs).
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The money from bequests is left as either a pecuniary legacy - decided when someone makes their will - or as a residuary legacy, which is the total left after someone's estate has been settled.
By seeking contributions, bequests, and inter vivos gifts, the Fund seeks to aid juniors and seniors in college, who are descendants of immigrants in the performing arts, with financial aid to help insure success in either college or vocational school.
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