Some argue that the most important advantage of a 529 Plan is its use as a gift-tax vehicle.
When the European Central Bank broke its traditional role as lender of last resort and morphed into a gift giver to its member banks (to the tune of more than a trillion dollars), much like our Fed, the equity markets soared.
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They are too used to seeing enlargement as a charitable gift from a rich West to its poorer neighbours.
But what makes Double Cross Vodka really special as a gift is its super-cool bottle, unlike any other spirit container, flat and rectangular, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on rectangular cap.
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There's the Doggy Doo golf ball, presented in its gift box nestled on a turd, and the perennially hilarious roll of 19th-hole bathroom tissue.
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Shopper Tracker and its peers will turn out to be a gift to buyers as much as to sellers.
Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga recently said the bill would be passed as a "Christmas gift" to its advocates.
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In March 2012, Drayton McLane Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, gave Baylor University its biggest capital gift ever, to build a new football stadium.
How is America coping with its first gift-giving season in nearly a decade without the illustrious hostess telling it what friends and family really want?
Initial financial details in the foundation's bankruptcy filing were skimpy, but the move portends a dry spell for the participants in its charitable gift annuities.
By the time his new documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop, " winds its way through a slow release in the United States, Banksy will be more popular than ever -- and still, no one will know who he is.
It also was a perfect birthday gift for Juilliard, which is celebrating its 100th year.
If you get a Gift Bag, you have taxable income equal to its value.
In proper museum style, and in spite of its miniature footprint, Museum has squeezed in an espresso machine and a gift shop, offering visitors refreshments and the chance to take home artefacts of their own.
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But Georgia Power, which requested the right to use the property in April 2011, says that the gift was made after it had announced its plans to utilize a section of Mansfield.
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So, over the years, its collections have evolved to include more art, its programs to offer more changing exhibitions, and its buildings expanded twice to provide more space for galleries, programs, a bigger gift shop, a glass-enclosed atrium where visitors may rest their eyes between gallery visits, and so on.
Once a museum owns a share of an artwork, it can rely on the gift in its collecting strategy.
For the oenophile wanting a viticulturally inspired challenge, Naples throws up an interesting tussle, as its greatest culinary gift to the world, the pizza, is one of the hardest food and wine pairings to get right.
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Leeds is bringing on five full-time developers to build an app that will plant a bar code on smartphone screens that can be scanned in lieu of a physical gift card--finally separating the card's value from its plastic delivery vehicle.
It was a gift from her father, Johnny Cash, who posted a handwritten note inside its sound hole.
Its cross-shaped hilt signified his belief that his skill and power in the field were a gift from God.
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In general, a person receives taxable income equal to the fair market value of the gift bag and its contents.
But the LDP tries to wrap its gift nicely and deliver it without knowing if the box is empty or if there is a bomb inside.
Thus, Arizona courts have interpreted the gift clause to mean that if the state or one of its municipal governments gives money to a private business entity, the public must get something back of equivalent value.
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Rare among hotel alliances, the association returns all profits to its members and derives only about a quarter of its revenue from membership fees. (The rest comes from guest booking fees and gift certificates.) Of the hundreds of hotels that are prospected and inspected each year, only about 30% are invited to join.
This is a much larger integration, including downloads of music, gift cards, and promotional virtual goods across its many games.
Brodeur, who got credit for a gift goal on Thursday when a Hurricanes player put the puck into his own net, handed Florida its only goal with 10 seconds left in the second period.
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