DRQ 1: Revisions Offering incentives for charitable acts defeats the purpose of being helpful and selfless. Most acts of charity are driven by the desire to improve the lives of those less fortunate‚ not to gain a little trinket for donating a can of Campbell’s tomato soup. Being helpful should not come from the human nature of greed but from the human nature of selflessness because donating is an act of altruism. There are many who oppose this view and it is understandable why they do so. Many
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helping others. Charitable donations should be made with the idea in mind that others will benefit from the donations that one is making. However this does not mean that it is ethically wrong for incentives to be offered in exchange for charitable acts. While many argue that it is unethical to offer incentives for charity‚ I disagree. Offering incentives for charity is not unethical‚ and it does not under mind the morality behind being charitable. Offering incentives for charitable donations rewards
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Charitable acts and incentives. “Why should I do anything at all for anyone else without something in it for me?” that is the attitude of some people before doing a charity work. In today’s society we live in a world of opportunity but unfortunately not everyone get an opportunity. For those who are less fortunate‚ receiving donations may be the only way those people get to survive. In many high schools‚ clubs‚ and organization‚ charity drives are sponsored in exchange for incentives. In Randy
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Funderburk AP English/Period 1 25 September 2012 Argument on an Argument: Incentives for Charitable Acts We live in a world of opportunity. Everyone deserves an opportunity‚ but‚ unfortunately‚ not everybody gets one. For those who are less fortunate‚ receiving donations may be the only way they get by in life. There are many high schools‚ clubs and organizations that sponsor charity drives in exchange for incentives. The fact that such events are helping those who are in need makes it clear
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Charitable Acts The idea of giving rewards to people who exhibit charitable acts is a very popular idea. Some schools offer incentives‚ such as extra credit‚ in order to get the students to do service to the community. Tax reductions are even given to people who donate money or service to charitable organizations. The practice of offering incentives for charitable acts is unethical because it undermines the value of charity as being a selfless act. Schools that require students to do community
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Contents INTRODUCTION 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE INCOME TAX ACT 4 1.2 TYPES OF INCENTIVES AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS (Income Tax Act) 5 1.3 ARTICLE ON INCOME TAX ACT 7 2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE DOUBLE TAX AGREEMENT 8 2.2 TYPES OF INCENTIVES AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS (DTA) 9 2.2.1 Tax Credit Relief 9 2.2.2. Tax exemption 9 2.2.3. Reduced tax rate 9 2.2.4. Relief by deduction 10 2.2.5. Tax sparing credit 10 2.3. SCENARIO OF GRANTING TAX RELIEF UNDER DIFFERENT METHODS 11 2.4. ARTICLE
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Do you or someone you know donate to charitable organizations? If not‚ shame on you. Virtually everyone can benefit from charitable organizations and their mission statements. Authors of Happiness of Giving: The Time Ask Effect‚ Liu and Aaker‚ posed two valuable questions when it comes to donating to charities. “To what degree do you believe happiness is tied to volunteering?” “To what degree do you believe happiness is tied to donating money?” These questions are linked to various answers or
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providing services for others‚ and wanting nothing back in return. There are many ways in helping others which can be classified into three fields of charity work: donation‚ volunteering‚ and giving advice. The first way to be charitable is to donate. Donation is an act of presenting something as a gift‚ grant‚ or contribution (Donation‚ 2013). There are many types of donation which are donating money‚ goods‚ blood‚ and organs. People usually donate money to help the ones in need. Donating money
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Charitable Trusts: One of the most significant changes made by the Charities Act 2009 came in s.39 of that Act‚ which established a ‘Charities Regulatory Body’ to regulate charities. Case law still largely defines ‘charitable purpose’. The main advantage of being classified as a charitable purpose trust is that many of the disadvantages which would apply otherwise can be avoided; the rule against perpetuities doesn’t apply (although the trust must vest in a perpetuity period); the rule against
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Charitable purpose trusts Advantages of the charitable purpose trust Certainty of Objects Courts are more relaxed in the approach for the need of there to be certainty of objects in a charitable trusts. While non-charitable trusts must have objects‚ which are certain‚ gifts made exclusively for charitable purposes are valid even though the exact purposes may not have been identified. Thus a gift to trustees ‘for charity’ will be valid. The Perpetuity Rule Charitable trusts are valid even though
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