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Re:The suicide rate for farmers in the U.S. is more than dou... by ams6110 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:18PM (#15864003)
Other than "feeling good" you can't derive personal benefit from a deductible donation.
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Re:The suicide rate for farmers in the U.S. is more than dou... by danans on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:28PM (#15864110)
That's not true. If the donation helps enable a societal outcome that you benefit from (i.e. a donation to a local environmental cleanup nonprofit organization results in a cleaner park for you to enjoy), then you can benefit. You can't derive an exclusive personal benefit from it, of course. If you did, it would be tax fraud.
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Re:The suicide rate for farmers in the U.S. is more than dou... by thomas_howland on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:14PM (#15865522)
Depending on how underwithheld you are, you can avoid tax underpayment penalties.
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