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How to Screw Up an Easement Deduction

How to Screw Up an Easement Deduction

That’s a nice looking facade and I’m glad it is being preserved.  It is a shame that the deduction was lost due to seemingly elementary errors.  The donation is supposed to be for no consideration and the charity is supposed to explicitly state that in its acknowledgment.  The instructions for Form 8283 are fairly explicit.  For a deduction of $705,000, a little effort would seem to be reasonable.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.