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TAX WATCH

Federal Agency Examines Reporting of Cash Gifts

The U.S. Government Accountability Office, Congress's watchdog unit, has released a report on the "misreporting" of cash contributions to charities by individuals on their tax returns.

In 2001, an estimated 46 percent of taxpayers who deducted cash contributions misreported their deductions, the agency said.

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