--- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>   
> > Under U.S. tax laws, you can only give 50% of your
> > income and deduct it 
> > from your taxable income, so it's highly unlikely
> > that Gratzon could 
> > possibly have made a offer which would have resulted
> > in his owing large 
> > sums to the U.S. Treasury.
> 


> Plus, charitable deducations from personal income can
> reduce only federal taxes, and not FICA taxes, which
> can often be higher than federal taxes. In my state,
> state taxes cannot be reduced, either.
> 

But Social Security taxes are limited to the first ~$90k of earned 
income, so would not affect the hypothetical Gratzon situation.





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