Thursday, 3 October 2024, 10:22 AM
Site: RRU Open Educational Resources
Course: Give Green Canada (Give Green Canada)
Glossary: Here is a Helpful Glossary of Gift Planning
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10 Year Rule (pre-2010 new budget)Pre 2010 new federal budget: A charity will not be subject to the 80% disbursement rule if the donor directs in writing that the donated property, or property substituted for it, be held for a period of at least 10 years. |
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Adjusted Cost BaseAdjusted cost base. The original cost of property adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. |
Alter ego trustA trust where the settlor (person transferring property into the trust) acts as trustee and receives income (as beneficiary) from the trust while alive. |
AnnuityA contracted right to receive payments of a specific amount at stated intervals for life, or for a term of years, in consideration of a transfer of cash or other assets. |
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BeneficiaryA person or organization entitled to benefit, especially under a trust or will. |
BequestA gift made to someone or to an organization in a will. |
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CapitalWith reference to a trust, the principal upon which income is earned. Also called corpus. |
Capital cost allowanceA prescribed amount claimed on depreciable property acquired for the purpose of producing income and deducted from income from a business or property. Effectively, it allocates the cost of assets over the useful life of the asset. |
Capital gainA gain arising on the disposition of capital property calculated by subtracting the adjusted cost base of capital property plus the cost of disposing of the property from the value of the property at the time of its disposition. |
Capital lossA loss arising on the disposition of capital property, generally, the excess of the adjusted cost base over the proceeds of disposition of the property, less the costs associated with disposing of the property. |