I donated to charity in my family's names, but I still get the tax deduction. When you make donations in honor of someone, as long as you have your receipt, you still get your deduction. Unless these people are going online pretending to be Sarah Palin, and using her CC, I don't see how she could get a tax deduction out of it.

 

well if she's receiving a thank you letter .... im pretty sure its not in her "honor"

 

they sent letters to my brother and parents :/

 

then i stand corrected

and thats a dumb charity h:

thanks for the money your son spent

 

twas the salvation army

I also donated to the ACLU, but that's not tax deductible for some reason :thinking:

 

Thats because its the ACLU... :squint:

 

Not my choice of charity... my brother requested I donate in his name

:edit: the funny thing is he actually said, "Salvation army is ok, but I'm not really cool with their whole 'you have to be a christian' thing." I know they have some religious principles, but since when has the salvation army refused aide to non-christians :crazy: But whatever, my bro's wishes... he tends to over-think things