Double Your Team's Giving Without Doubling Your Budget: How Small Businesses Launch an Employee Matching Gift Program
A 1:1 match turns a $250 employee gift into $500 for any IRS-verified 501(c)(3) — start with a $500 cap and quarterly payouts.
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Charitable Giving
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Your CRAT Plus an Annuity May Now Be a Listed Transaction: What TD 10051 Means for Charitable Trust Planning
The IRS finalized TD 10051: CRAT-plus-annuity shelters are listed transactions. Disclose on Form 8886 by October 7, 2026, or face six-figure penalties.
The 14-Cent Charitable Mileage Deduction: What Volunteer Drivers Can Deduct, What Records the IRS Requires, and Why the Rate Never Changes
The IRS charitable mileage rate is 14 cents a mile, frozen by statute since 1998. What volunteer drivers can deduct, and the log that proves it.
When Your Church's Kindness Creates a Tax Bill: Benevolence Funds and Love Offerings Done Right
Benevolence paid to a church employee is always taxable IRS wages on Form W-2 — gifts to needy non-employees are tax-free. The policy that keeps both straight.
Stuck With a Timeshare You Can't Use? Deed-Backs, Resale Markets, and Donation Exits That Actually Work
Exit a paid-off timeshare four ways: rescind within days, deed it back, resell at market value, or donate with an appraisal. Never pay an upfront exit fee.
Gala Tickets, Charity Auctions, Raffles: Which Fundraiser Payments Are Tax-Deductible?
IRS rules: deduct only what a gala ticket or auction bid exceeds fair market value; raffle and 50/50 tickets are never deductible, even for charity.
Sponsoring the Local Little League? How to Deduct It as Advertising Instead of Losing It as a Nondeductible Gift
IRS rules let your business deduct a Little League banner as advertising — but only with visible promotion and a paper trail.
Charitable Gift Annuities, Explained: Lifetime Income, a Tax Deduction, and Capital-Gains Relief in One Gift
A charitable gift annuity trades a lump sum for lifetime income plus an IRS deduction — fundable with cash, stock, or a $55,000 IRA QCD.
Your Q4 2026 Tax-Planning Checklist: 10 Moves to Make Before December 31
Ten IRS-smart moves before December 31: place equipment in service, max out 401(k)s, bunch charitable gifts, and prep 1099s under the new $2,000 rule.
Donating Your Car Before Year-End? How Form 1098-C, the $500 Threshold, and Gross-Proceeds Rules Decide Your Deduction
The IRS usually limits car-donation deductions to the charity's sale price — Form 1098-C, the $500 threshold, and three FMV exceptions decide yours.
Year-End Giving Season: How Your Nonprofit Can Handle the December Donation Surge
About a third of US giving lands in December. The IRS requires a written acknowledgment for gifts of $250 or more, and the postmark sets the gift's tax year.
That Thank-You Letter Is a Tax Document: What Your Nonprofit Must Put in Every $250-Plus Donor Acknowledgment
A gift of $250 or more needs a contemporaneous written acknowledgment before the donor files — five IRS-required elements, or the deduction fails.