charitable contribution deduction


Ability to Change Roof Disqualifies Facade Easement Deduction

In Partita Partners, LLC. v. United States, No. 15-cv-2561 (S.D.N.Y. 2016), the court considered whether the taxpayer was entitled to a charitable deduction for donating a facade easement to charity. The issue was whether the retaining the right to change the roof on the building negated the charitable deduction for donating the facade easement. About […]

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Substantial Compliance vs. Strict Compliance: Charitable Deduction Survives Foot Faults

There are a number of cases where taxpayers have had to pay more tax than they should due to technical foot faults. These cases often come up when the IRS employees believe that their job is to look for strict compliance (100%) rather than substantial compliance (something more akin to 80%). This brings us to […]

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