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12 Days of Charitable Giving: DonorsChoose.org

15 December 2008

Today marks the second day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving. To recap, I’ve asked a panel of judges to review a number of deserving charities as suggested by my readers. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way).
I encourage you to check out the [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Cash and Charitable Donations

29 November 2008

Taxpayer asks:

While we were out shopping, I put a $20 in the Salvation Army kettle in front of the store. I say we can take that as a deduction but my husband says no. Who is right?
P.S. I have a new digital camera riding on your answer.
Taxgirl says:
Gosh. I hope your old digital [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving

22 November 2008

The end of the year is almost upon us and you know what that means: it’s your last chance to make your tax deductible charitable gift! Yeah, we tax people tend to think about the end of the year in slightly different ways…
This is a tough year for a lot of folks. [...]

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Online Charitable Fundraising and Activism

19 July 2008

I attended a great session at BlogHer today about online charitable fundraising and activism. Afterwards, one of the other attendees asked me why I was there.
Hmm.
Well, a lot of it was because I have interest on behalf of my nonprofit clients. Online charitable fundraising and activism is changing the face of the nonprofit world, [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: Charitable Deductions for Business

29 January 2008

Taxpayer asks:
Hello,
My husband’s business gets letters from people asking for cash donations/sponsorships. Specifically, when students write to us asking for sponsorship for a People to People Ambassador program for their son/daughter to attend, or Cheer camp sponsorship for their cheerleading daughter to attend, or asking for a sponsorship for their child’s go-kart racing hobby [...]

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It’s the Most Ring-a-Ding Time Of the Year

31 October 2007

You probably think that I’m talking about the fact that for some disturbing reason, retailers have packed the stores with Christmas goodies – and Halloween isn’t even over yet (who buys stuff this early anyway?).
But I’m not.
I’m talking about solicitations. It’s the time of the year when charitable organizations come calling. So far [...]

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7 Ways to Save On Your Taxes Now.

22 August 2007

I know, I know. It’s August. Tax season is eons away. You don’t want to think about it.
But maybe you should. With some shrewd planning now, you can save thousands on your taxes come April. Consider these actions:
1. Refinance. Yes, the market is a mess right now. [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: Donating My Art

13 April 2007

Taxpayer asks:  Last year I donated a painting that I created to our local church.  I sold a similar painting through a gallery around the same time for $1000.  Can I skip an appraisal and just use that the value for my charitable deduction on my tax return?
Taxgirl says:  Around this time of year, I [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: Charitable Values

13 February 2007

Taxpayer asks:  I would like some help to finding a web site that could help me find amount that your can use for charitable items such as clothes and household items.  We sold our house this year and really down sized to what we are taking.  For example I gave 42 shirts to a nonprofit [...]

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Give a Little Bit.

12 November 2006

In addition to this being the time of the year when 501(c)(3) organizations come calling for charitable contributions of cash, it’s also the season for making donations of goods.  Most commonly, that tends to be be clothing and household items.  I know from personal experience since I have three full bag of "gently worn" maternity [...]

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