Making Your Gifts Count: 10 Smart Tips For Charitable Giving
Get a receipt and 9 other tips for donors who don’t want to tangle with the IRS.
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Lesson Lerner-ed? Disgraced IRS Official Tenders Resignation
Remember Lois Lerner? The former Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations made headlines this spring when she was accused improperly targeting certain applications for tax-exempt status based on keywords and politically charged language. She’s finally stepping down from her position. Why now?
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Are You Ready For Some (Charity) Football? Defense, Donations & Deductions
Over the weekend, a little game of charity flag football resulted in thousands of dollars donated to charity. But who gets the deduction – and why?
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Back To School: Donating Backpacks, Clothes & School Supplies
It’s Back To School Week on the blog! All week long, I’ll be answering your questions about school and tax – complete with fun giveaways. Next up: tips on claiming charitable deductions for donating school supplies, backpacks and more.
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Congress Clashes Over Conspiracy Theories & Political Agendas As IRS Targeting Appears To Include ‘Progressives’
Did they or didn’t they? For weeks, we’ve been hearing whispers that the Internal Revenue Service’s screening process which targeted certain tax exempt organizations included not only “Tea Party” terminology but those on the other end of the political spectrum, as well. Those whispers have now become roars. Democrats in the House claim that the…
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Rocker Jack White Pays Tax Bill, Saves Historic Building
Last week, things looked bleak for the world’s largest Masonic Temple. A significant amount of taxes was owed on the property and, according to the Detroit Free Press, it was in danger of falling into foreclosure. The building, the Detroit Masonic Temple, designed by architect George Mason, has been a part of the Motor City’s…
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Donations Pour In For Oklahoma Relief Efforts, Including $1 Million From Carrie Underwood and Kevin Durant
Just about a week after devastating tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, relief is on its way – and it has big name stars written all over it. First up, Carrie Underwood donated one million dollars from the proceeds of her Blown Away tour, which wrapped last week. The money was donated to Red Cross. Underwood, who…
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Congress And The President Want You To Get Mad At IRS Over Tax Exempt Targets (Just Not At Them)
“IRS Issues Apology for Targeting Tea Party Group” I’ll admit that headline caught my attention – but probably not for the reasons you think. The targeting bit didn’t give me pause at all – but the apology did. The Internal Revenue Service rarely apologizes. On the other hand, the IRS has always given a second…
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Making A Difference After Boston: Charitable Giving, Crowdfunding & Other Donations
On Monday, in the midst of all of the terrible news coming out of Boston, I was heartened to hear the stories of ordinary people acting in extraordinary ways: those who rushed toward the scene – and not away – in order to help the wounded, those marathon runners who kept running to the hospital…
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12 Days of Charitable Giving 2012: Girls On The Run
I was a fat kid. There’s no sugar-coating it. I started out Southern beauty pageant cute a la Honey Boo Boo together with a combination of questionable genetics and a love of deep-fried foods. My brothers were encouraged to be athletes, I was not. Girls did not play soccer. Girls did not run cross country….
