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| Topic | CHARITABLE DONATIONS |
| Content | It has become a matter of fact that the government will not always spend your tax money the way you would like them to. The IRS has made it possible for individuals to give charitable contributions for tax deductions. This has been around for A LONG TIME, but not very many people take advantage of this opportunity. Not only can you give to a charity of your choice, you can do it for FREE! Okay, well it's not truely "free" but it could be, if you knew how to deduct it! Of cource, the IRS isn't about to make it EASY to use this feature (as with all deductions of course!) But if there was a website or mailing, such as GIVE OK.com that organized well respected charities, that were classified under Seciton 501(c)3 as tax-deductible organizations, and provided descriptions of very specific programs that your money would be used for, and then, provided a complete summary of your donations, with the receipts and neccessary forms (such as Form 8283 and an itemized deduction schedule A form 1040) with exact instructions on how to fill them out (for examply, the exact numbers to plug into fields 15,16, and 17 of the 1040) then not only will individuals get a say in where their tax money is going, it could directly benefit Oklahoma charities and thereby greatly improve the state overall, and better yet, it doesn't even require the government to lift a FINGER!!! |
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