IRS deductions

[Anonymous]

Does anyone in the States know if the donations, we leave at albergues, + other Camino-related expenses, r tax deductible? Best, xm 8)

 

[summer2005]

Sadly, no.

See http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=134331,00.html. Except for a few organizations in Canada "contributions to a foreign organization are not deductible."

Unless you can somehow call the trip a business expense (write a book, maybe?)... :?

 

[Anonymous]

Unless you can somehow call the trip a business expense (write a book, maybe?).

Thanks Summer2005....but...how do u document "writing a book...?" Hmm...

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link, summer2005, just read it through. Years ago if u were an educator u could travel to diff countries for cultural/prof reasons and deduct it, particularly if u worked with immigrant students and visited their countries of origin to learn about their worlds, etc. I understand that during the Reagan administration that was done away with. Still, there's got to be something we pilgrims can get a break on...no? Best, xm 8)

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Does that mean the more you give the more you would have your tax reduced? If so, is that an incentive to give more

 

[Anonymous]

Have no idea what the rationale is...taxes taxes taxes... Best, xm

 

[jeff001]

johnalexander:

That is precisely the rationale beyond that provision of the tax code and it is one of the reasons that Americans give so much to charitable organizations.