Let The IRS Stick To Collecting Taxes
If we are going to have deductible charitable contributions then we need the IRS to be looking at some charities, but organizations end up applying for exempt status for a large variety of reasons that have nothing to do with taxation. 501(c) status creates an unjustified patina of respectability in some circles and, in some states, will allow privileges such as running gambling operations. Some people seem to think that 501(c)(4) status can hide the fact that you grass-roots populist movement is backed by billionaires. What these extraneous matters have in common is little or no connection to the IRS mission:
Doctor Joyce Brothers Cameo In Tax Court And Women’s History
When I was a kid, I was confused about Doctor Joyce Brothers. I thought there were two brothers whose last name was Joyce and that they were both doctors. Like those brothers named Halls who had beards and made cough drops. They must have been doctors. (I know that’s not accurate either. Give me a break. I was 10.)
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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.