charitable donations

Taxpayers Who Lost Their Charitable Deduction Only Modestly Reduced Donations

Starting in 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) dramatically raised the standard deduction, reducing the number of filers who reported their...

October 4, 2022Robert McClelland

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are Tax Breaks For Non-Profits And Their Donors Worth Saving?

The special tax treatment Congress has granted to non-profits and tax deduction it gives their donors are broken. So broken, in fact, that it is...

February 20, 2020Howard Gleckman

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Can One Think Charitably About The Bryce Harper Deal?

As a long-time baseball fan, I’m happy that my office moved closer to the Washington Nationals ballpark, where I expect to take in more games...

April 29, 2019C. Eugene Steuerle

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Treasury Dashes The Charity Workaround For SALT, Also Limits Tax Credit Programs For Private Schools

As warned earlier , Treasury proposed rules to block a state and local tax (SALT) deduction workaround strategy that had been adopted by New York...

August 24, 2018Steven M. Rosenthal

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How New York State Responded to The SALT Deduction Limit

While other states are considering workarounds to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) $10,000 annual limit on the federal deduction for state and local...

May 14, 2018Frank Sammartino

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Charities Have Plenty of Opportunity to Advance Giving Despite Tax Law Losses

By substantially cutting the number of taxpayers who will receive a charitable deduction, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has created an opportunity for...

February 28, 2018C. Eugene Steuerle

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Support the Tax Policy Center

2011 was another active year for America’s tax and fiscal policy; thank you for sharing it with TaxVox . As we look forward to a...

December 15, 2011Donald Marron

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Eric Cantor, Tax Increases, and Soup Kitchens

PolitiFact’s Lou Jacobson recently pointed me to a blog post by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor complaining that President Obama’s proposal to limit itemized deductions...

September 30, 2011Roberton C. Williams