The tax changes that occurred in the tax reform of 1987 affected the tax cost of
charitable giving. The move from a deduction system to a tax credit system was a
major change in tax philosophy. Furthermore, permitting all taxpayers who gave
more than $250 in donations to receive the tax credit at the highest federal tax rate
gave low-income taxpayers a greater reduction of taxation than the pre-reform
system would have done. This is called the superdeduction.
Initial results show that taxpayers increased their actual charitable giving from
1986 to 1988 for all deciles other that the first and tenth deciles. There were
significant increases in the level of donations from 1986 to 1992 for taxpayers in
all deciles. Relative results, taking into account inflation, percentage of after-tax
income or percentage of donations over $250, showed a somewhat less certain
picture. Comparing the results shown in Tables 2–4, it seems that an increase in
income has a corresponding increase in charitable giving, but to a much smaller
degree. This may be due to taxpayers giving similar amounts from year to year,
as anecdotal evidence suggests.
In the low income groups (deciles 1 and 2), the taxpayers in decile 1 generally
had relative decreases in giving. This was contrary to the a priori expectations,
which was that they would increase their giving to take advantage of the
superdeduction. This result does lend some support to the findings of Ricketts
and Westfall (1993). The taxpayers in decile 2 increased their charitable giving
amounts even when the figures were adjusted for inflation. This is in line with
the predictions. The results, however, for the percentage of after-tax income or
the percentage of giving over $250 did not show any significant increase. Perhaps
only those low-income taxpayers who had relatively higher-income increased
their charitable giving, but not as much as would have been expected.
The tax changes that occurred in the tax reform of 1987 affected the tax cost ofcharitable giving. The move from a deduction system to a tax credit system was amajor change in tax philosophy. Furthermore, permitting all taxpayers who gavemore than $250 in donations to receive the tax credit at the highest federal tax rategave low-income taxpayers a greater reduction of taxation than the pre-reformsystem would have done. This is called the superdeduction.Initial results show that taxpayers increased their actual charitable giving from1986 to 1988 for all deciles other that the first and tenth deciles. There weresignificant increases in the level of donations from 1986 to 1992 for taxpayers inall deciles. Relative results, taking into account inflation, percentage of after-taxincome or percentage of donations over $250, showed a somewhat less certainpicture. Comparing the results shown in Tables 2–4, it seems that an increase inincome has a corresponding increase in charitable giving, but to a much smallerdegree. This may be due to taxpayers giving similar amounts from year to year,as anecdotal evidence suggests.In the low income groups (deciles 1 and 2), the taxpayers in decile 1 generallyhad relative decreases in giving. This was contrary to the a priori expectations,which was that they would increase their giving to take advantage of thesuperdeduction. This result does lend some support to the findings of Rickettsและ Westfall (1993) ผู้เสียภาษีใน decile 2 เพิ่มให้การกุศลยอดเงินเมื่อมีปรับตัวเลขเงินเฟ้อ โดยสอดคล้องกับคาดคะเน ผล อย่างไรก็ตาม สำหรับเปอร์เซ็นต์ของรายได้ after-tax หรือเปอร์เซ็นต์การให้เกิน $250 ไม่แสดงใด ๆ เพิ่ม บางทีเฉพาะเหล่าแนซ์ผู้เสียภาษีที่มีค่อนข้างสูงรายได้เพิ่มขึ้นให้กุศลของพวกเขา แต่เป็นไม่มากจะได้รับที่คาดไว้
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