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Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Natural Beauty A landowner donating an conservation easement may get breaks on income, estate and property taxes.   |
AFP eWire
June 2, 2008 |
Congress Renews Incentive for Land Conservation Gifts Donors who want to contribute land and property easements for conservation purposes can take advantage of an enhanced tax deduction. |
AFP eWire
July 12, 2004 |
IRS to Penalize Improper Deductions for Conservation Easement Donations The IRS is moving to disallow improper deductions for transfers of easements on property to charities, as well as for transfers of easements in connection with purchases of property from charities. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Beck & Leibell |
Life Insurance For Charitable Gifting The use of life insurance to make charitable gifts can be an effective and cost-efficient means of fulfilling charitable intentions without making a sizable donation while alive. |
This Old House
Anne Krueger |
Common Ground What homeowners and home-buyers need to know about easements that give others use of your property |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Retained Life Estates A retained life interest, or retained life estate as it is commonly called, allows a donor to claim a charitable deduction at the present time for the gift of the remainder value of real property donated to charity. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2013
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Bargain Sales Commercial real estate professionals and their clients should consider all options when discussing the charitable donation of real property. Real Estate Gifting Realized, a program launched by the CCIM Foundation, facilitates the donation of real estate to charitable organizations. |
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Nonprofit Panel Releases Final Report The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector presented its report to Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) and the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, June 22, 2005. Here are the final recommendations. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2012
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized Real Estate Gifting Realized, the new program launched by the Education Foundation of the CCIM Institute, facilitates the donation of real estate to charitable organizations. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Eric L. Reiner |
Year-End Tax Planning, Take 2006 Advisors Put Charitable Strategies at the Head of This Year's Checklist... Look For Losses, And Tax-Cheap Gains... Retirement Account Strategies... Look Ahead... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2006
Kenneth R. Costello |
Preserving Property Transfer of development rights saves natural and historic sites. The basic TDR concept is to compensate landowners who give up potential development rights in environmentally sensitive areas or preservation districts as designated by communities. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2014
Mary Stark-Hood |
Donation of Stock to Charitable Organizations As the year-end approaches, many individuals are making decisions on final charitable contributions. |
BusinessWeek
September 18, 2006
Ellen Hoffman |
Preservation Instinct Hankering to live in an historic property? Federal and state incentives can help pay for repairs. |
AFP eWire
February 14, 2005 |
Congressional Committee Proposes New Limits on Charitable Deductions A new report by the Joint Committee on Taxation in Congress includes proposals to limit or eliminate certain types of deductions for charitable giving. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2015 |
Charitable Giving Coalition Letter to the President The Charitable Giving Coalition, a diverse group representing private and community foundations, supports the language included in the Buffett rule proposal in the Administration's FY 2016 Budget that specifically protects the full value of charitable deduction. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2005
Sara Drummond |
Hunting for Recreational Properties Land is America's new stock market. In some parts of the country, people burned by Wall Street are putting their money into what Scarlett O'Hara called "the only thing that lasts." |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2003
Sara Drummond |
Containing Sprawl Land-use strategies can help rein in unfettered development. |
AFP eWire
June 13, 2005 |
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Investigates Donations of Land, Other Property On Wednesday, June 8, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on issues related to gifts of land/conservation easements, focusing on possible abuses of charitable land trusts and conservation easements. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Sherri Alms |
A Win/Win Proposition The Blandin Foundation championed inclusivity across sectors to promote healthy forests and communities -- and along the way won the 2006 Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement. |
Financial Advisor
September 2011
Ellie Winninghoff |
Go Hug A Forest Impact investors can foster change while earning handsome returns in one of the only asset classes where there's real growth. |
AFP eWire
June 6, 2005 |
Senators Caution Finance Committee on Impact of Charitable Reforms A bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), have sent a letter to the leaders of the Finance Committee, urging them to ensure that their proposed charitable reforms do not adversely affect legitimate nonprofit organizations. |
This Old House
Daniel Akst |
Look, But Don't Touch Why bother going to the trouble of applying for a National Register listing? The answer is simple: tax breaks. But while landmark status for your house can mean money in your pocket, it may come with strings attached. |
Outside
November 2009
Elizabeth Hightower |
Creating Conservation Communities There's a bold new idea on the front edge of conservation: Let's treat people as well as we treat animals. |
D-Lib
June 2002
Thomas Moritz |
Building the Biodiversity Commons Provision of free, universal access to biodiversity information is a practical imperative for the international conservation community -- this goal should be accomplished by promotion of the Public Domain and by development of a sustainable Biodiversity Information Commons. |
AFP eWire
May 31, 2005 |
U.S. Finance Committee Turns Its Attention to Hospitals Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, requested detailed information from the nation's largest nonprofit hospitals to account for their charitable activities and validate the tax-exempt status they receive. |
