Charitable Giving Guide

Charitable contributions reduce your taxes. This charitable giving guide will explain how you can take advantage of charitable giving and making charitable contributions to your favorite charities. Charitable giving information website presents charitable giving guide.

Click on the links below to read more on each topic of charitable giving guide.

General charitable giving guide

• Charitable giving limitations
• Calculating charitable contribution values
• Donating cars, clothes, and other depreciating properties

Donating too much to charities

• Carryover excess charitable donations

Valuation of charitable donations, proof and penalties

• Charitable contribution values
• IRS form 8283
• Appraisal for charitable contributions
• Charitable giving of business inventory
• Proof of charitable contributions to the IRS
  • Charitable giving of $75 or less
  • Charitable giving of $75-250
  • Charitable giving of $250-$500
  • Charitable giving of $500 or more
• Charitable giving penalty of overvaluation

Changes in Charitable Giving tax laws

• IRS Changes 2007 Charitable Deductions