charitable donations

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

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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