January 28, 1999
Charity Officials Evaluate Proposal to End Estate Tax
A long-debated proposal that would eliminate the tax deduction for charitable bequests appears to be gaining momentum in Congress, leading some fund raisers to worry about a significant decline in major gifts from the estates of wealthy donors.
Nearly 200 House members, almost all of them Republicans, are co-sponsoring a bill by Rep. Christopher Cox of California that would repeal federal estate and gift taxes and eliminate the accompanying deduction for charitable bequests. The bill
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