Tax deductions for charity donation.........is it moral?

[Karin]

OutinChgoburbs:

BTW in the U.S. this year, if you gave cash (not good in kind) to ANY charity or an organization that is considered a charity by U.S. law AFTER August 27, 2006, you may take it at its full value.

irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,id=152734,00.html

Does this apply only to Hurricane Katrina donations? I know that these are being handled differently than other donations people may make.

 

[NiceFundamental]

Island Oak:

Keep in mind that the tax code is not only a framework for calculating contributions to fund the gov’t. It exists as one of the most detailed and comprehensive social engineering documents around. It is and always has been used to reward behavior deemed benefical to the common good (marriage, child rearing, deferred retirement savings, investing in low income property, charitable contributions) and conversely to discourage socially destructive behaviour.

Not always Christian though.

"The Canadian Federation for Sexual Health is a voluntary, charitable organization, managed by an Executive Director who reports directly to a voluntary Board of Directors. Staff and volunteers work with the Executive Director to promote sexual and reproductive health issues across Canada and in developing countries.

Position Statements

CFSH has position statements on emergency contraceptive pills, same-sex marriage, Nonoxynol-9, HIV Integration and microbicides, abortion and contraception. "

A donation to this organization would result in a tax receipt. Not Christian values.

ppfc.ca/ppfc/content.asp?articleid=37