donation – Kenneth Athon Tax Strategies

Donate Your House to a Private Foundation, Get a Tax Break While You Continue to Live There Indefinitely.

The headline above is not my general advice. But it happens, and sometimes in egregious ways. "For the ultrawealthy, donating valuables like artwork, real estate and stocks to their own…

Elon Musk’s Schedule A and the “Biggest Tax Bill in History”

Schedule A is used to Itemize Deductions, such as major medical expenses, taxes paid, mortgage interest and charitable donations. ------------------------------------------------------- (Excerpt from Yahoo Finance) The world’s richest man donated more…

There are several ways of donating to charities and getting a tax deduction for the gift.

Here is a short list of some of them as compiled by CPA and advisor Ed Mendlowitz, Withum.com.

Combining the Standard with an additional deduction

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For most taxpayers in our state, due to tax law changes during the Trump administration, the Standard Deduction (one generic subtraction from your taxable income) is more favorable than Itemized…