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Legislation Would Expand Charitable Deduction to All Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Legislation has been introduced by Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), H.R. 3988, The Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017, which would expand the charitable deduction to Americans who opt to take a standard deduction. “We thank Congressman Walker for listening to charities and introducing this bill. It addresses our concern that the current charitable […]

(VIDEO): WSJ Discusses “Sacred Cows” and Expanded Standard Deduction

Richard Rubin, the tax policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, heads to the farm in this entertaining and educational video to discuss the “sacred cows” in the tax code and explains how a larger standard deduction squeezes itemized deductions.

Congress Passes Aid for Hurricane Recovery Efforts Through Charitable Giving

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congress passed legislation today aimed at spurring additional charitable giving to assist with the relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. H.R. 3823, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, includes a temporary suspension of limitations on the deduction for charitable contributions to qualified hurricane relief efforts […]

ACR News 9.15.17 – Where are we on Tax Reform?

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: So, What’s Up with Tax Reform? >> Federal: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Individual Tax Reform >> Federal: Tax Reform and Philanthropy’s 3 Percent Solution >> Federal: Faith and Giving Coalition Briefing >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – September >> Consider This: Congress is Back in Town >> Top Reads: Nonprofits […]

Discussing Philanthropic Freedom and The Givers

The Philanthropy Roundtable’s vice president for public policy, Sean Parnell, recently participated in a discussion with David Callahan, the founder of Inside Philanthropy and author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Parnell and Callahan discussed a few of the topics addressed in the book, including freedom and oversight, civic inequality, […]

Attack on university endowments would undermine philanthropic freedom

A few weeks ago Philanthropy Daily published a guest opinion piece by me addressing two other opinion articles it had recently featured that challenged the appropriateness of large university endowments. The co-author of one of those articles responded in the comments to what he saw as the deficiencies of my argument (and I offered my […]

FOX Business Discusses Universal Charitable Deduction, Tax Reform with ACR

Leaders from the Alliance for Charitable Reform discussed the universal charitable deduction, tax reform and our recent meetings with lawmakers for an article published this week by FOX Business Network’s Adam Shapiro entitled “Tax code change could boost charitable giving and cut middle-class taxes.” Shapiro’s focus in the article was Congress considering a universal charitable […]

ACR News 7.28.17 – Stuck in the Moment

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Tax Reform >> Federal: There’s More Than Just the Charitable Deduction: CHARITY Act and PF Excise Tax Simplification  >> Federal: Champions for Charity and Submission to Chairman Hatch >> Federal: Webinar Recap: Potential Revenue Raisers in Tax Reform  >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – August >> Consider This: Stuck […]

ACR Meets With Vice President, Congressional Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR), which is the legislative arm of The Philanthropy Roundtable, met with Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, congressional leadership and multiple Trump Administration officials July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR […]