Lending a Hand: How Federal Tax Policy Could Help Get More Cash to More Charities

A. Payne

No 88, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: Although total giving to charities in Canada has increased in the last two decades, the share of tax filers reporting cash donations has fallen, and the sector’s reliance on large donations by wealthy donors has risen. To broaden the donation base, the author suggests creating a single tax-credit rate for cash donations or an RRSP-like charitable gift plan.

Keywords: charities papers; federal tax policy; Canadian charities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 H20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2009-11
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, November 2009

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