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12 Days of Charitable Giving: VillageReach

20 December 2011

It’s the third day of my annual 12 Days of Charitable Giving. Each of the 12 charities that I’ll be featuring in the series was suggested by a reader as a charity that could use a boost this holiday season. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Milk + Bookies™

19 December 2011

It’s the second day of my annual 12 Days of Charitable Giving. Each of the 12 charities that I’ll be featuring in the series was suggested by a reader as a charity that could use a boost this holiday season. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Humane Society for Seattle/King County

18 December 2011

It’s the first day of my annual 12 Days of Charitable Giving. Each of the 12 charities that I’ll be featuring in the series was suggested by a reader as a charity that could use a boost this holiday season. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). [...]

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IRS Taps Student Loan Agencies

6 December 2011

There are very few people that I like dealing with less than the folks who administer my student loans for law school. Undergrad, I managed just fine. But when I moved to Pennsylvania, I was forced to deal with the Pennsylvania Higher Assistance Agency (PHEAA). If you’ve ever dealt with PHEAA, you know they’re a [...]

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Give Your Favorite Charity a Boost

23 November 2011

There are 38 days left until the end of the year. That means you have just a little over a month to whittle down your taxable income (yeah, we tax people tend to think about the end of the year in slightly different ways). Sure, you could buy your entire family and staff a set [...]

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Miami Football Scandal Raises Questions About Tax-Exempt Athletics

22 August 2011

Are you ready for some football? Preseason is in full swing already for the NFL and yet all anyone can talk about in the football world is college football. Specifically, the chatter is centered on the University of Miami. Yes, Miami. Unfortunately for the Hurricanes, the talk focusing on Miami has little to do with [...]

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IRS Drops Investigation Into Contributions (Tax World Drops Jaw)

8 July 2011

Hear that? It’s the sound of a pin dropping. Or my jaw dropping. Take your pick. The IRS has announced – unexpectedly – that it will no longer pursue an investigation into a group of donors who made contributions to nonprofit groups for the purpose of political ads. Specifically, the IRS was looking into whether [...]

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Midyear Mileage Rate Changes Offer Relief, Likely to Cause Confusion

5 July 2011

After months of speculation and roller coaster oil prices, the IRS finally announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates. The IRS generally only updates mileage rates once a year. However, with gas prices still on the rise, the IRS made an adjustment midyear. Doug Shulman said, about the increase: This year’s increased gas prices [...]

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IRS Issues Guidance for Charities – and a Warning to Donors

8 June 2011

Today, the Internal Revenue Service announced that approximately 275,000 formerly tax-exempt organizations have lost their charitable status as a result of failing to file the proper forms. Loss of tax-exempt status can spell disaster for some organizations: not only does it mean that the organization must file income tax returns and pay tax but perhaps [...]

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