Kerry to donate 5 percent of salary to State Department charity
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry will donate five percent of his annual salary to charity, joining President Barack Obama and other officials in a show of solidarity with government workers forced to take unpaid leave as a result of deep spending cuts.
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White House mulls new global food aid approach: send cash
WASHINGTON - The White House may soon propose the biggest change in U.S. food aid since the programs were created during the Cold War - donating cash for hunger relief instead of shipping American-grown food thousands of miles to global trouble spots, say farm groups and charities.
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Charities beseech Congress to preserve donations tax break
WASHINGTON - Charitable groups pleaded with lawmakers on Thursday not to alter the federal tax break for donations, while some Democrats said the popular deduction was in no danger and called the Republican-convened hearing a red herring.
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Charities press Congress in defense of tax deduction
WASHINGTON - Giving is a virtue under the U.S. tax code, but concern is growing among philanthropic leaders about the charitable contributions deduction, a key fund-raising tool for charities.
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Romney skipped full write-off for charitable giving in 2011
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, gave about 30 percent of their $13.7 million in 2011 income to charity, but did not take the full write-off, making their effective tax rate higher.
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