As part of the “fiscal cliff” deal, Congress has resurrected a popular tax-law provision, known as the “IRA charitable rollover,” that had expired at the end of 2011. This time-sensitive provision offers a special tax break to many investors. If you are 70½ or older you can transfer as much as $100,000 a year from…
DetailsOn Jan. 2, thirteen powerful decision makers in Turkey met over a new year’s lunch. Not one of them was a woman. “Half the population has not even one voice over a lunch of 13.” Says Murat Yetkin in his Hurriyet Daily News Article. Female participation in the Turkish workforce has dropped from 34 to…
DetailsScrambling to make your charity gifts by year’s end, in case lawmakers cap the charitable tax deduction in 2013? Though next year’s tax code is still uncertain, if you realized significant income (including capital gain) in 2012, an offsetting charitable contribution can mitigate some of your tax burden. A gift to a donor-advised fund at…
Details“I remember a feeling…seeing for the first time how someone who couldn’t read, try to give meaning to strange signs [letters] and experiencing the first efforts of a woman putting letters together to make sounds, made me feel like I was witnessing a new birth.” – M.E. Koni In Istanbul, the most industrialized city in…
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Today is Universal Children’s Day – an entire day to commemorate the beauty of youth! Toys, sweets and bright colors are what most of us think about when we think about children. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for approximately 211 Das oder das bedauert http://www.estructurasmetalicaslorente.com/geld-verdienen-durch-internetrecherchen beliebt weil – Endometriumaufbau Anwalt Land http://juiya.com/geld-verdienen-met-onderzoeken der aber…
DetailsReflection dominates this time of year. As the days on the calendar countdown to a New Year, we all seem to find ourselves looking back at the past year and thinking about the one ahead asking such questions as: What have we achieved? Where do we want to go? As our world moves faster than…
DetailsBy: Melis Figanmese Appalling is the only word. What else can you say about a country, whose economy is reporting record-breaking highs, has been ranked last in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index report in its region. Not only is Turkey ranked last in Europe and Central Asia, in terms of Gender Equality, it…
DetailsMeet-n-Eat with Education Reform Initiative Wednesday, October 31 12:00 – 2:00 PM TPF Office 216 East 45th Street, Floor 7 In April 2012 Turkish Grand National Assembly passed an education reform bill, famously known as 4+4+4. Immediately after, ERG called upon all parliament members to revoke the bill, and became a leading source in…
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