Half of Wealthy Americans Say Taxes Have No Bearing On Their Giving…

by admin on March 4, 2009

Over half of wealthy Americans say their charitable giving would not be affected by the federal tax provisions designed, in part, to encourage philanthropy, according to a new study by Bank of America and Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Almost 52% of wealthy donors said their giving would remain the same if they no longer received any income-tax deduction for their donations, while 54 percent said their level of philanthropy would remain unchanged if the estate tax were repealed.

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