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  • zeros
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2006
    • 921

    #1

    Benefit for Mom - Cancer

    Client has mom that developed cancer and is now unable to work. They want to have a fundraiser to help pay the bills. What has to be done so this effort would not be a taxable event? Any advice will be appreciated.
  • Dusty2004
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2009
    • 374

    #2
    Why would it be taxable?

    Would not any money received be a gift? Or are they going to provide a service for the gift like a dinner or something?

    Dusty

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    • Lion
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2005
      • 4698

      #3
      Gifts

      Anyone can give gifts to as many people as they want, and the donor doesn't have to file a gift tax return if he stays within the annual and lifetime limits. Anyone can receive gifts without them being taxable income.

      If you're hoping to make the gifts tax deductible, that's not going to happen under the circumstances you outlined.

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      • zeros
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 921

        #4
        Taxable to Organizers?

        From what I understood, they were going to have some kind of venture that they would make money and then donate it to the parent. Would the making of the money ever be taxable. I know it wouldn't be taxable to the recipient.

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        • Lion
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 4698

          #5
          Services

          If I receive money for services or products, I receive taxable income. If I receive a gift and provide nothing in return, I have a nontaxable gift.

          If I receive money for services or products and then give away that money, I still have taxable income and I might or might not have to file a gift tax return depending on the amount given. I will not have a deductible charitable donation unless I donate to a recognized charity.

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          • Gary2
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2010
            • 2066

            #6
            One more tidbit: If you pay a medical care provider (hospital, doctor, etc.) directly for another person's medical treatment, it is exempt from the gift tax.

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            • Roberts
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2005
              • 807

              #7
              Originally posted by zeros
              From what I understood, they were going to have some kind of venture that they would make money and then donate it to the parent. Would the making of the money ever be taxable. I know it wouldn't be taxable to the recipient.
              Who do you think it would be that incurred this tax?

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              • DaveO
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2005
                • 1453

                #8
                If you charge an admission to the event then you would have taxable income to the organizer. That's why these things are usually done with a free will donation or "suggested donation" method. A dinner or concert at which the collection bucket is passed would not result in taxable income. Charging $10 per plate would. You also need to be aware of sales tax issues then.
                In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
                Alexis de Tocqueville

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                • zeros
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 921

                  #9
                  The Organization or Individual that earned the money?

                  Originally posted by Roberts
                  Who do you think it would be that incurred this tax?
                  The Organization or Individual That Earned the Money?

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