TaxVox: Charitable giving

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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

21 Million Taxpayers Will Stop Taking the Charitable Deduction Under The TCJA

January 8, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will shrink the number of households claiming an itemized deduction for their gifts to non-profits from about 37...

The House Tax Bill Is Not Very Charitable to Nonprofits

November 15, 2017 –
Even though the House version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) preserves the charitable income tax deduction, other income tax provisions of the...

Come The Flood, Who Should Pay To Help?

September 5, 2017 –
Hurricane Harvey’s historic flooding has brought out the best in many people. They have put their lives in danger to save strangers, shared their food,...
Individual Taxes

How Both Public Tax Reform and Private Sector Initiatives Can Strengthen Charities

April 24, 2017 –
In the March and April 2017 print editions of the Chronicle of Philanthropy , I proposed both a public and a private sector initiative for...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Both Clinton and Trump would reduce tax incentives for charitable giving

November 4, 2016 –
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have proposed tax changes that would result in less charitable giving. While the effects are indirect, the Tax Policy...
Individual Taxes

What’s so funny about taxes, love, and solidarity?

February 2, 2016 –
A couple of weeks ago I donated six cases of water to our neighbors in Flint, Michigan . I’m not alone. In an outpouring of love and solidarity for a...
Individual Taxes

Taxes, Charitable Gifts, the ACA, and Ineffective Deadlines

December 30, 2014 –
Scrambling to make a last-minute charitable donation to beat the New Year’s Eve deadline for a 2014 tax deduction? Take a deep breath and ask...
Individual Taxes

No, Ari, The Cliff Deal Will Raise The Economic Incentive To Give To Charity

January 8, 2013 –
Huffington Post reports on this tweet/warning from former Bush press secretary, Ari Fleischer: I increased donations to charity in 2012. This deal limits my deductions...
Individual Taxes

How to Cut the Charitable Deduction Without Reducing Giving

December 5, 2012 –
If income tax deductions are capped or limited—an idea that often comes up in the debate over both the fiscal cliff and long-run tax reform—the...