Bequests

Indeed, Power's will was such a model of the share and share alike principle that it is worth summarizing the main bequests here: ❋ Unknown (2005)

This account was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States. ❋ James Taranto (2007)

The wealth that had flowed in from various sources, such as bequests, presents from foreign potentates or grateful clients at home, loans probably from the same source, to which we must add his wife's considerable dowry, he proceeded to expend in erecting a _villa_ at Tusculum. ❋ Charles Thomas Cruttwell (1879)

Additional opportunities include planned gifts, such as bequests or will provisions, or life-income gifts, such as charitable remainder trusts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Snow said her organization is seeing fewer major gifts, such as bequests after someone dies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

People without children or grandchildren were far more likely to leave bequests to charity, Mr. James found. ❋ Rachel Emma Silverman (2011)

In some editions Thursday, an article about Ms. Clark's bequests incorrectly said the apartment had 48 rooms. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In 1932, Congress imposed taxes on gifts to prevent end runs around the estate tax, and later it added the generation-skipping tax to forestall end runs in the form of bequests to much-younger heirs. ❋ Laura Saunders (2011)

These are provisions tying bequests to the amount of the estate-tax exemption, and in the past atto rneys used them to maximize the amount a couple could pass on tax-free. ❋ Anne Tergesen (2011)

Estates are unique in being able to give unlimited bequests of money or property tax free. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

And the foundation handed out as much as €250 million a year in bequests for Siena and the surrounding region—an amount that exceeds the city of Siena's annual budget. ❋ David Enrich (2011)

So a widow or widower can pass on as much as $10 million, untaxed, through either lifetime gifts or bequests. ❋ Deborah L. Jacobs (2011)

With more than $130 million in annual revenue (95 percent of which comes from contributions, grants, and bequests), the HSUS is calculating enough to allow large portions of the public to acquire the impression that, based on its name, it is somehow intensely involved in the work of dog and cat shelters and the direct rescue of mistreated animals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of my favorite quotes on parenting is this: There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. ❋ Liane Kupferberg Carter (2011)

For example, the social norm for bequests changed from father passing everything to the oldest son to a more egalitarian approach. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The $3.5 million renovation was paid for by bequests, but the academy has been running a $1 million to $2 million annual deficit for the past several years. ❋ Judith H. Dobrzynski (2011)