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Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Zac de Silva

EXPLAINED: Death and taxes labors vision to transform giving | Rare Historical Photos

Andrew Leigh is aiming to make it easier to direct money from family trusts to charitable projects. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Proposed taxes on trusts could limit the amount of money given to charities, but the minister responsible says it's the least of the sector's problems.

With more than $5 trillion expected to pass down the generations through wills and bequests over the next two decades, economist turned assistant charities minister Andrew Leigh hopes to make it easier to direct that money to charitable projects where it can make a real difference.

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