Charitable Giving Deductions
Keep up with the latest news about charitable giving deductions and strategies and philanthropic economics.
Gift Now or Not? Impact of Pease Limit on Charitable Deductions
By William H. Byrnes, Robert BloinkWhile many of your clients are left wondering if they should accelerate charitable giving into 2012 to ensure that they reap the benefits of the current deduction, others are looking ahead to an entirely different scenario.
July 06, 2012
For Romney, avoiding risk means obscuring his own positions (Boston Globe)Mitt Romney has been very specific about what he would do if he won the election in November, but hes not giving any details on how he would get any of it done.
November 22, 2011
Philanthropy Focus: Expert Offers Tips to Make Year-End Giving CountNPTs Eileen Heisman tells AdvsorOne how to make philanthropy smart and strategic and not done just to beat the Dec. 31 deadline for tax purposes.
November 04, 2011
Charities Under Obama Tax Plans Would Feel Some Pain: StudyTax code proposals would have limited short-term effects, but in long-term might hurt, Indiana University study finds.
October 18, 2011
Witnesses to Senators: Charitable Deduction Must Be PreservedA host of witnesses told the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday that reducing or eliminating the tax deduction for charitable contributions would be a mistake that would harm ability of philanthropic groups to provide services to those most in need.
October 13, 2011
Buffet Made $62,855,038 Last Year (CNN Money)Since August, when Warren Buffett published an op-ed in The New York Times, he has drawn national attention for his campaign to get Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy.
June 20, 2011
Charitable Giving in U.S. Edged Up to $291B in 2010Total charitable contributions from American individuals, corporations and foundations grew by 3.8% in 2010 in current dollars and 2.1% in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to estimates released Monday by Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
September 20, 2010
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