[Fredslist] FW: Haiti Relief Contributions Now Tax-Deductible for 2009

[anna at lieberbrewster.com]

This just in: Haiti Contributions can be used on 2009 taxes.
See below from ERE CPA.


From: ERE <info at ere-cpa.com>
Reply-To: <info at ere-cpa.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:06:35 -0500 (EST)
To: Anna Lieber <anna at lieberbrewster.com>
Subject: Haiti Relief Contributions Now Tax-Deductible for 2009
   
New York  Westchester
 
 
Haiti Relief Contributions Now Tax-Deductible for 2009
On January 22, President Obama signed into law legislation encouraging
relief donations to Haiti in wake of its devastation by multiple
earthquakes. The legislation, HR 4462, was approved by unanimous consent on
January 20 and January 21 by the House and the Senate respectively.
  
 Reminiscent of the 2005 legislation to encourage aid to the Indian Ocean
relief victims, the new law allows U.S taxpayers to make charitable
contributions to Haiti relief programs before March 1, 2010 and claim the
resulting charitable deductions on their 2009 income tax return. The same
bill approves the use of phone bills to substantiate taxpayer donation
claims where taxpayers have donated to Haiti relief programs via text
messages. 
  
 Prior to this legislation, taxpayers who made donations would have to wait
until 2011 to claim a tax deduction on their 2010 returns for their
Haiti-related contributions. By accelerating the deductions that charitable
taxpayers are entitled to receive and relaxing the standard of proof
necessary claim such deductions, the United States Government is standing
behind the U.S. charities and their donors who have raised a substantial
$275 million in relief contributions within the first week of the disaster.
 To learn more about this deduction, or to discuss ways that ERE can help
you minimize your tax liability, please contact your ERE tax advisor.
  
  
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