TaxVox: Charitable giving

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The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Individual Taxes

A good volunteer is hard to find. Could tax policy make it easier?

April 3, 2019 –
Should we use tax policy as a lever to encourage gifts of time, as well as money?

TPC Is Improving Its Modeling Of Five Tax Expenditures

December 18, 2018 –
In a new initiative, the Tax Policy Center is improving its modeling of five key tax expenditures: the tax treatment of pass-through entities, charitable giving,...
Individual Taxes

For charitable giving, ’tis the season… But will it still be, post-TCJA?

December 5, 2018 –
Is feeling good, for goodness’ sake, the only reason we give to charities?
Individual Taxes

Will The TCJA Upend The Non-Profit World?

October 22, 2018 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changed the nature of the tax deduction for charitable donations. But will it transform giving itself and...
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...