Paying for paving

[TAXNJ]

Although they could donate money to the county that would qualify as a charitable contribution, if they say "you must use it for this purpose" would invalidate the tax deduction.

Interesting. Your reply post is exactly word for word that TaxGuy Bill posted 4 DAYS EARLIER!!!! (see quote below)

What are the chances of that?

Although they could donate money to the county that would qualify as a charitable contribution, if they say "you must use it for this purpose" would invalidate the tax deduction..

[spanel]

Copy/Paste. Poster apparently didn't see your reply, so I gave it to him one more time. :-)

Chris

[Rapid Robert]

That section is referring to a government assessments. The reference to HOA fees is probably closer to the situation:

Although I may not have come out and said it in so many words, I thought it was clear that I was implying the residents should take steps to set up a legal Benefit Assessment District to handle the road repair/upgrade so that they could get a tax benefit.

As I did mention earlier, I don't see how on their own they can just shut down the road and start making repairs without first having the local government involved, so how would that even be under consideration for anything, tax deductible or not?

[Burke]

This sounds like one of those situations where the media could be of some help. Suggest they contact the newspapers/TV/public radio stations and see if there is any interest in taking up this cause. Publicity (especially negative to the governing authorities) is sometimes quite advantageous to stimulating action. Petitioning the local county-state governing members (especially in their district) would be a good step as well. They also need to do their homework as far as cost and benefit to the community. Since they say the county "won't do it," it's probably money more than a lack of need. Politicians represent their constituents, and generally try to listen to reasonable argument.