In order for a charitable gift by a graduated rate estate gift to be included in the total charitable donations of the estate (or the deceased) under (c)(ii)(B) of the definition in s. 118.1(1) of "total charitable gifts," there is a requirement inter alia that s. 118.1(5.1) deems the gift to have been made by the estate. S. 118.1(5.1) references “property that was acquired by the estate on and as a consequence of the death.”
CRA considered that s. 118.1(5.1) does not apply where a GRE donates a capital interest, in a charitable residual trust created by will, to a qualified donee. However, this did not have much significance as:
under (c)(ii)(A) of the [same] Definition, the eligible amount of a gift of an interest in a trust could be included in the computation of the total charitable gifts of the GRE in the taxation year in which the gift is made or in any of the five subsequent taxation years [until claimed].