Less will be donated to private charities: Would tax increases cause the wealthy to reduce their charitable giving? Research on this question suggests it's the other way around. Back in the 1970s, when the top rate of federal income tax was 70 percent, wealthier Americans (those with incomes of over $500,000 in 2007 dollars) gave around twice as much of their money to charity than they did in 2007, when the top rate had fallen to 35 percent.
私人慈善机构的受捐赠数额将会减少:增税是否会导致富人慈善捐款数额的减少?关于此问题的研究所得出的结论恰好与此相反。在20世纪70年代,当时的联邦所得税的最高税率达到了70%,富人们(按2007年美元币值来算他们的收入超过了50万美元)的慈善捐款数额是其2007年捐款额的两倍,而2007年时最高税率已经降至35%。
Why does this happen? When taxes are higher, the benefit of the tax deduction for charitable giving is also higher, so people tend to increase the amount they give. In addition, the wealthy give their biggest donations almost exclusively to universities and colleges, hospitals and medical centers, and arts institutions. They rarely make large gifts to social-service groups,grass-roots organizations or noNPRofit groups that focus on the poor or minorities.
为何会出现这种情况?当税收增高时,相应的慈善捐赠所带来的税收减免优惠也更大,因此人们乐于增加捐款数额。此外,富人们的大部分捐赠基本都流向了高等院校、医疗机构、文艺机构。他们很少会将大笔款项捐赠给关注低收入和少数族裔群体的社会服务组织、基层组织或者非营利组织。
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