Donations to certain hurricane charities to be deductible 24.11.2005
The Government has announced that donations to certain charities for the purposes of providing relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina in the US will be tax deductible:
• Donations to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Appeal; and
• Donations to the Salvation Army Hurricane Katrina Appeal.
These charities have been approved for deductible gift recipient status.
The law will be amended to allow deductibility for gifts to the charities for a period of one year from the beginning of September 2005.
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