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Maximum Giving:
Benefits For You and Your Community
Maximize your giving impact while optimizing your personal tax benefits by donating securities.
Scroll down for a closer look at the advantages of donating securities over cash.
The chart below shows the tax advantage when you donate shares to Hospice Muskoka instead of selling them and donating the proceeds. This calculation assumes a tax rate of 50%.Â
Donate shares directly
$10,000
$2,000
$8,000
$0
$2,500
$0
$2500
Sell shares & donate cash
Fair market value
Cost basis
Capital gain
Taxable gain
Tax credit
Tax on capital gain
Tax savings
$10,000
$2,000
$8,000
$4,000 (50%)
$2,500
$2,000
$500
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