Last month, Indonesia began to finally detail its plan, which includes a two - year moratorium on new forestry concession on rainforest lands and peat swamps and will be supported over the next five years by a one billion
dollar contribution by Norway, under the Scandinavian nation's International Climate and Forests Initiative.
Not exact matches
Mining giant BHP Billiton has contributed about half a million
dollars towards the construction of a walk trail on Rottnest Island, making it the largest
contribution to the island
by a corporate entity.
A back - of - the - envelope calculation suggests that even if Sanders has been contributing just 3 % of his salary per year for his entire time in both the House and the Senate — and has earned a modest 5 % annualized rate of return — he'd have accumulated almost half a million
dollars by the end of 2015, thanks in part to the government's matching
contributions.
United States officials had been shaken
by tape recordings in which people identified as leaders of the Cali cartel were heard discussing
contributions of millions of
dollars to Mr. Samper's presidential campaign.
It also shows the incremental
dollars invested
by decade, and the compounding effect on those earlier
contributions through age 65.
Maximizing employer's matching
dollars makes sense: Savers should first contribute enough to their 401 (k) to grab all matching
dollars offered
by their employer, then direct
contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA, which generally has lower expenses and a wider range of investment options.
An advantage of the 401k over a Roth IRA is that your
contributions are tax deferred which means your taxable income is reduced
by every
dollar that's paid into the 401k.
But if the state issued a
dollar - for -
dollar state tax credit for charitable
contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability
by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.
National Charities» donor - advised funds have grown significantly in recent years
by number of individual donor - advised funds, the
dollar value of grants made to qualified charities, the
dollar value of
contributions received, and the
dollar value of charitable assets.
In actual fact the total
contribution of the NDC to the national debt stock can be obtained
by subtracting the US$ 8.075 billion left
by the NPP from the US$ 28.37 billion
dollars which represents our total debt at the moment.
According to Common Cause NY, which is providing the data employed
by local groups in these grassroots events, two of every three
dollars Saland has received since 2005 came from donors who live outside his Hudson Valley district, and 96 percent of his
contributions were higher than $ 200.
Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New York City rent laws are being set
by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of
dollars in campaign
contributions.
Institute a statewide public financing system based on the one used
by NYC, which matches every
dollar in small donor
contributions with six
dollars in public funds
The first — allowing committees to accept small -
dollar donations without gathering identifying information — was rejected
by the Texas Ethics Commission on the grounds that Texas law doesn't permit any
contribution from an anonymous source.
The Skelos complaint shows how the multiple Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs, controlled
by Glenwood can be used to coordinate and bundle hundreds of thousands of
dollars of campaign
contributions in order to buy favorable policy outcomes and tax breaks.
Common Cause / NY Examines Fracking
Contributions A new analysis
by Common Cause / NY illustrates that millions of
dollars have flowed from fracking interests in New York to state and local campaigns.
«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of
dollars in campaign
contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts
by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»
But Sugarman said there is evidence demonstrating that the de Blasio team coordinated its fundraising activities and intentionally solicited significantly higher - than - allowed
contributions for three candidates — totaling hundreds of thousands of
dollars —
by having the checks sent to the two county committees and the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, which then quickly transferred the funds to the campaigns.
Horner's group and other reformers also want to close a loophole that allows companies to skirt
contribution limits
by forming Limited Liability Corporations and giving, in some cases, millions of
dollars to candidates.
Meanwhile, Bill Samuels, a co-founder of Effective NY, has urging the commission to investigate millions of
dollars in campaign
contributions by business interests formed as limited liability corporations.
Bloomberg made a well - publicized
contribution of $ 500,000 this year to California's Proposition 29, the ballot measure that would have raised the state's tobacco tax
by a
dollar a pack.
The NY Post says if elected officials are serious about their anti-corruption statements, they'll return some of the millions of
dollars worth of political
contributions doled out
by Glenwood Management.
Referred to as «Uncle Leland»
by his co-conspirators, the San Francisco Democrat allegedly offered to smuggle millions of
dollars worth of automatic weapons into the United States from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines in exchange for campaign
contributions, according to the FBI affidavit.
Over the past two years, nearly all of his campaign funds have come from thousand -
dollar - plus
contributions, which seems a far cry from the kind of small - donor - driven operation typified
by Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign in the last Democratic presidential primary.
«We are proud to be powered
by low -
dollar contributions from regular New Yorkers,» said De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan.
The group itself says it is funded
by small -
dollar donors raised from «grassroots»
contributions.
Hundreds of thousands of
dollars in combined campaign
contributions by Sandy contractors to Nassau County...
Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered
by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of
dollars worth of online
contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.
That's because the New York City campaign finance system includes a public matching funds program, which helps levels the playing field
by incentivizing local small -
dollar contributions, matching them at a 6 - to - 1 ratio.
As for the limits being low, the key point is that the special interests bundle hundreds of thousands of
dollars in
contributions by soliciting from their corporate sponsors.
Other surveys, such as this one
by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low -
dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.
He continued: «No one should be lectured
by a hypocritical candidate like Mike Derrick who just accepted almost $ 3,000 in campaign
contributions from wealthy Democratic mega-donor George Soros, and is angry that his 18 month effort dialing for national
dollars has miserably failed.»
«Charlie Rangel might not have been found guilty of ethical misconduct yet, but there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he helped build the Democratic majority
by padding the campaign war chests of dozens of members of congress with millions of
dollars in
contributions,» said NRCC communications director Ken Spain.
And 44 percent of the $ 123 million raised
by the RNC came from small -
dollar contributions of less than $ 200.
Bill Samuels, chair of EffectiveNY, said the bill would encourage participation
by women candidates, who tend to rely more heavily on small -
dollar contributions because they don't have the access to deep pockets that men often do.
as a member of the met, i patiently awaited for my met gala invitation to come in the mail but i may have underestimated my
contribution to the museum
by a couple hundred thousand
dollars.
Instead, maximize your
contribution dollars by adding less efficient assets to your tax - advantaged accounts.
The U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis reported
contributions by employers to staff pension and insurance funds in 1946 totaled $ 2.543 billion
dollars, an increase over totals for 1929 of only $ 650 million.
By contrast, Roth
contributions invest post-tax
dollars, meaning qualified withdrawals come out tax free.
An analysis of traditional and Roth IRA
contributions made
by Vanguard Group customers for the 2007 through 2012 tax years showed that, on average, 41 % of the
dollars contributed to IRAs for any given tax year are invested between January and April of the following year.
If I maintain this level of monthly
contribution, which I think I will unless somethings extraordinary happens, and my goal is to have, for example, half a million
dollars in this portfolio
by the time I retire, can I reach my goal if I keep the allocation intact, which overwhelmingly favors stocks over bonds (43 % in foreign stock, 42 % in domestic stock, 9 % in cash and 6 % in bond)?
If you don't like to bet (and I don't), you can take advantage of
dollar cost averaging
by splitting it up into smaller
contributions throughout the year.
Just go ahead and bump up your regular RRSP
contributions by $ 10 or $ 20
dollars each time.
«
By slowly increasing your monthly contributions, even by a few dollars each month, this will then ease the stress of having less take - home pay,» said Leslie Tayne, a debt attorney in Long Island, N.Y., and author of «Life & Debt.&raqu
By slowly increasing your monthly
contributions, even
by a few dollars each month, this will then ease the stress of having less take - home pay,» said Leslie Tayne, a debt attorney in Long Island, N.Y., and author of «Life & Debt.&raqu
by a few
dollars each month, this will then ease the stress of having less take - home pay,» said Leslie Tayne, a debt attorney in Long Island, N.Y., and author of «Life & Debt.»
Further,
by not deducting these
contributions on your tax return, you pay taxes on nondeductible IRA
contributions in the year the
dollars are contributed.
With Roth
contributions, your take - home pay is reduced
by your
contribution amount since these are made with after - tax
dollars.
By saving a percentage of your income every year (instead of a specified
dollar amount), your retirement
contributions will increase automatically as your earnings grow.
An employee can contribute up to his / her Registered Retirement Savings Plan
contribution limit, which is typically 18 percent of the previous year's earned income to a maximum
dollar amount set
by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) plus any carry forward room the employee may have.
But if you simply change your behaviour and have the money on hand at the beginning of each year
by watching your budget a little more carefully or spending a little less the year before on non-essential items, the benefits of earlier
contributions can add up to thousands of
dollars over 20 years or more.»
If the Canadian
dollar strengthens versus other currencies, it will most likely be accompanied
by strength in the Canadian economy, and rising earnings — and hence plan
contributions — of the CPP participants.