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Tax on Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts Sales Under Fire

14 March 2011

Every now and again, something just strikes people the wrong way. This morning, my email box was blowing up about a little matter in Georgia: House Bill 385 (downloads as a pdf). The bill, which weighs in at an amazing 127 pages, is already generating heat for its plans to provide a “comprehensive revision of [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Volunteering and Charitable Deductions

16 August 2009

Taxpayer asks: My wife is a Girl Scouts Leader. Is all of her time and contributions to the troop tax deductible? If so, how? Taxgirl says: Okay, the bad news first: the value of your time spent volunteering for charitable organizations is never deductible. Ever. But there is good news! Out of pocket expenses relating [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Girl Scout cookies

6 January 2009

Taxpayer asks: we’ve been trained that cookie donations are not tax deductible. Can u clarify? Taxgirl says: This question is actually in response to something that I posted on twitter about the Girl Scout “Cookies from Home” program. I thought it was a good question and I posted my gut reply which was: As a [...]

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