James,<div>You will need a US-based charity under 501(c)3 designation to a issue tax receipt for a US donation. </div><div>You can try contacting the Charities Aid Foundation (Canada) to act as an intermediary but this might involve registering with them at a cost of more than $1k. The Bateman Foundation used them for such a transaction. </div><div>Happy to chat further if you have questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Ord</div><div>The Bateman Foundation</div><div>(250) 216-7157<br><br>On Monday, October 1, 2018, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">Hello one and all,</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">This is James Calhoun from the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum, a military museum in Vancouver. </div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">We have been contacted by an American living in California who is going to be donating a one of a kind WWI item to our museum, valued in the 5k range (depending on some variables). It's a cloth kilt apron, with signatures of WWI soldiers and an ink drawing on the front; this is one of our regimental traditions when men serve overseas, and they're unique to our unit and incredibly rare. </div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">If he were Canadian, we'd issue a tax receipt, but he has no financial dealings in Canada that would enable him to take advantage of this.</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">So my question is: can an American use a Canadian-issued tax receipt? (I suspect not). Is there some other mechanism whereby we can issue a receipt through some agency to be used by an American citizen against his US taxes?</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">This is the first time I've dealt with such an issue, and any help or advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. </div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">My email is <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:seaforthhighlandersmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">seaforthhighlandersmuseum@<wbr>gmail.com</a> ; my cell is 604 942 7634</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">Thank-you for your time,</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">James</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div dir="ltr"><br><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img width="89" height="111" style="border:medium" alt="<br/><a href="http://oi66.tinypic.com/1zqausx.jpg" target="_blank">View Raw Image</a>" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/T33c680_yJX5DijcTmoZCTFkhNV2BlDOgeys3OB32DaFJMW8O8cnzxGgfuonPiGSX1dZhEfNr-Buzsdjfcoa3jWO3hEdMkphAtthXmD65sg7MIiVGFL3OCiaApVTtudcnBStArNs"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">James Calhoun </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Archivist</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum & Archives</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">1650 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 3G4</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">604 942 7634 (cell)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.seaforthhighlanders.ca" target="_blank">www.seaforthhighlanders.ca</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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