Tax schemes

Reader comment on: State Taxes and Charitable Gift Deductions

Submitted by Douglas B. Levene (United States), Jan 11, 2018 17:24

This column was very thought-provoking. I analyze it slightly differently but maybe with the same underlying principle. I would distinguish between bonafide charities in the one hand and the state, and agencies under the control of the state that are duplicating state functions, on the other. If the state wants to give a full state tax credit for gifts to the Catholic Church, no problem. A state tax payment disguised as a gift to a state agency, no way.

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Let's make them *voluntary* and so deductible [87 words]Adam WildavskyJan 12, 2018 01:52
The State Tax Credit Can't Be for Donations to the State Itself [130 words]Eric RasmusenJan 11, 2018 22:29
↔ The Don Fanucci System of Charitable Giving [84 words]Patrick J. McNamaraJan 17, 2018 17:21
The tweet is unconscionable [232 words]John GillisJan 11, 2018 18:54
Spare me the sanctimony Gov. Cuomo [118 words]Dean VJan 11, 2018 17:29
Eliminate all deductions [57 words]Andrew TerhuneJan 11, 2018 17:27
⇒ Tax schemes [79 words]Douglas B. LeveneJan 11, 2018 17:24
Fungible [69 words]Duane HershbergerJan 11, 2018 16:21

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