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What Is With This Chan Zuckerberg LLC Thing? Tax Geeks Speak

So I tried to hone in with Tim on what the point of forming the LLC was.  He indicated that some people cycled their charitable contributions through LLCs for purposes of anonymity.  In order to be able to deduct charitable contributions over $250 you need an acknowledgment from the charity.  Of course, that is not what is going on here.  Why couldn’t the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just keeping chugging along as a kind of d/b/a for whatever the couple felt like doing? It is all pretty speculative, but one thing Tim mentioned is that his ultra-high net worth clients will hire teams of experts to direct their philanthropic efforts.

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What  Art Of The Deal Tells Us About Donald Trump And His Tax Views

What Art Of The Deal Tells Us About Donald Trump And His Tax Views

It was tough for me as I was in the middle of City on Fire, which is a brilliantly plotted work, but rather a long haul.  Interestingly both City on Fire and Art of the Deal have quite a bit on the New York City fiscal crisis of the nineteen seventies.  You have to give Trump credit. He always believed that his native city would rise.  Bottom line, I’m really glad I took the time out to read Art of the Deal.  Published in 1987, it evokes some powerful memories. Unlike the Centrum frenzy last month, there is much for a tax blogger in Art of the Deal, especially one who spent much of his time with closely held companies and real estate deals.  There is also some insight into Trump’s character

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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.