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All Jobless Benefits Received Last Year Can Be Taxed As Income

AP | By CAROLE FELDMAN | Posted 01.23.2012

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-- The jobless rate is dipping, but millions of people are still out of work. And that could have implications when they file their income tax return...

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Give Money, Get Impact, Save Taxes: The Power of Social Entrepreneurs for Your Portfolio

R. Paul Herman | Posted 02.11.2012

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R. Paul Herman

Can charitable dollars be recycled? In the words of famed venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins, can you "write one $10 million check and h...

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Religious Groups Fight Obama On Tax Deductions

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service For the third time in three years President Obama's proposed budget will attempt to reduce tax deductions fo...

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Donations To Haiti Are Tax Deductible: Obama Signs Bill For Haiti Earthquake Contributions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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More Charities Seek Tax Break for Donors, Costing U.S. Billions

New York Times | STEPHANIE STROM | Posted 05.25.2011

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Experts say nonprofits are skillfully exploiting the tax code's broad and elastic definition of what constitutes such a charity, making it difficult f...

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HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Markarian

By encouraging affordable pet care, the bill not only promotes animal health and well-being, as well as our well-being, but could also help to stimulate the economy.

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Why Call It Charity Care?

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

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David R. Jones, Esq.

A 5 percent threshold of free medical care to qualify a nonprofit hospital for tax exemptions and public funding is not unreasonable. Or else, why call it charity care?

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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Donate Stocks, Not Cash

Los Angeles Times | Kathy M. Kristof | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans make about $200 billion in tax-deductible gifts to charity each year, and most of them are in cash. But if you have stock in your investmen...

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