[Foundation-l] Priorities

[Ray Saintonge]

Florence Devouard wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
>   
>> On 10/23/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> Florence Devouard wrote:
>>>       
>>>> * the tax deduction is only available in the USA. Not anywhere else.
>>>>         
>>> I put my donation last year through my accountants as tax deductible, and
>>> I'm in Belgium. What happened?
>>>       
>> I'm pretty sure Florence was wrong here.
>>     
> Some on irc mentions that it might be correct for Belgium... I never 
> heard of that. Might it be because we have a belgium bank account ?
> Also, there may be tax deductibility in Canada.
>
> So, indeed, I was wrong :-)
>   
Not very wrong.

There is no general deduction in Canada for gifts to a foreign charity.  
A deduction is available only in proportion to one's net income from 
that country.

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