September 24, 1998
Lamar Alexander Proposes Double Charitable Deduction
Lamar Alexander, the former Tennessee Governor who is again likely to be a Republican Presidential candidate, wants to create an enhanced charitable deduction for donors.
Mr. Alexander wants to double the deduction that taxpayers could claim annually if their charitable gifts for the year exceeded 5 per cent of their incomes.
"We should create a new standard for giving: the half tithe," Mr. Alexander told an audience at Harvard University's John F.
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