Former Labour MP Lord Howarth called for a quick decision on "a free gift of an enormous increase in renewable energy in Britain".
The deep-fried, salty snack was a free gift from a political party that was to contest elections to the Delhi assembly later that day.
So while I might start by offering you a free gift card, I can add it to it myself, and invite friends to do the same.
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As the weekend wore on, our surprise turned to glee as clerk after clerk declared an item to be 40 percent off, and then handed us a free gift with purchase.
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My Facebook was filled with my photo and me extolling how easily you get a great free gift just for signing on.
But the IRS considers it a tax-free gift only if the person has the right to take it in the short term.
But the IRS considers it a tax-free gift only if the person has the right to take it in the short term, and the Crummey letter proves that he has that right.
The Supreme Court has said that for a transfer to be a tax-free gift for the recipient, the donor must be acting out of "detached and disinterested generosity" and without expecting any economic benefit.
Honesty and decency that follow more naturally in a free society will be a more lasting gift to the Chinese people, if they can and will receive it.
Some of these links contain offers for items like a free iPad or restaurant gift cards.
In theory, everyone wins: I get to give you a gift for free.
Wayne Kong Yuk-shan, a branch officer at an Aeon office in the Central business district, says some 100 people, a number of them male, queued every day to apply for the pastel-pink card - and choose their free gift from a selection of Hello Kitty appliances. (These days, the giveaways are Kitty cup noodles and a cushion.) "Hong Kong people are very influenced by Japanese culture, so they like Kitty, " says Kong.
You leave the shop not only with a free bottle of gin, but also with a cash gift.
Your escape also includes a gift basket with free lunch vouchers for two.
And those who make a gift now, tax-free, also shield future appreciation from taxes.
Free Arts NYC also has a gift shop where you can buy greeting cards and tee shirts.
Walmart brass also attended the party, where they availed themselves of the opportunity to announce a gift of 19, 000 free tickets to the exhibition to D.
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Indeed, economic thinkers of the World War II era understood that free trade was a growth-enhancing gift for promoting economic individual specialization and cooperation among global producers, and that a lack of unfettered trade in the 1930s arguably gave us the horror that was World War II.
Many people celebrate their tax refund as if it was a gift, rather than the return of a forced interest-free loan.
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If the value of the assets in the trust (say Wal-Mart ( WMT - news - people ) stock) grows at more than 3.2% a year, the children or other trust beneficiaries get that excess appreciation, free of estate and gift tax.
With app-powered toys becoming something of a must-have gift this Christmas, parents protective of their expensive, sticky fruit juice-free tablets may have cause for concern.
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If the assets put in a GRAT appreciate faster than a set rate--4% a year for GRATs set up in December 2002--you pass on assets gift-tax free.
Advisers say some clients are waiting until Dec. 31 to make gifts to grandchildren in case Congress acts before then and to guard against the risk of paying a gift tax and then dying in 2010, when the money can be passed down estate tax-free.
Zynga is also putting out special Lady Gaga game gift cards at Best Buy locations in the U.S. and Canada that will include a free download of the new album, a Lady Gaga unicorn in Farmville, and a chance to hang out with the singer at her video shoot.
Then I took my phone to a poster in the duty free shop, tapped on a picture of a bottle of perfume, and was able to pay to have a gift sent home.
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