Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Opinion: Weighing the Worth of the Charitable Deduction - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Opinion: Weighing the Worth of the Charitable Deduction - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Republican economist examines the debate over proposed changes to charitable tax breaks in an online opinion piece for The New York Times.

In a post for the Times’ Economix blog, Bruce Bartlett, who held policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, summarizes the history of the charitable deduction, its cost to the federal treasury, and current arguments for and against altering it.

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