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Overtaxing The Working Family: Uncle Sam And The Childcare Squeeze, Shannon Weeks Mccormack
Overtaxing The Working Family: Uncle Sam And The Childcare Squeeze, Shannon Weeks Mccormack
Michigan Law Review
Today, many working parents are caught in a “childcare squeeze”: while they require two incomes just to make ends meet, they end up spending a strikingly large percentage of their income on childcare so that they can work outside the home. Worse still, some parents find themselves “squeezed out” of the market entirely, unable to earn the additional income their families require because they cannot find jobs that pay enough to offset soaring childcare expenses. This Article argues that the tax laws have played an important role in aggravating these hardships. Currently, the Internal Revenue Code treats the childcare costs …
Irs Denials Of Charitable Status: A Social Welfare Organization Problem, Michigan Law Review
Irs Denials Of Charitable Status: A Social Welfare Organization Problem, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note argues that the courts and the Service should recognize social welfare organizations as charitable and, consequently, contributions to such organizations should be tax deductible. Part I describes the Service's position and sets forth the statutory arguments supporting it. Part II raises two objections to the Service's position: (1) the distinction between social welfare organizations and charitable organizations lacks an adequate statutory justification, and (2) this distinction produces unpredictable and arbitrary results. Part III proposes that all social welfare organizations be accorded charitable status under subsection 50l(c)(3). This proposal would eliminate the arbitrary results now reached by the Service, …