Ten tax tips for charitable giving as December deadline nears

Earlier this week, on “Giving Tuesday,” many of us found our inboxes deluged with e-mails soliciting funds from every charitable organization we’ve ever donated to in the past decade. If you pledged an amount on Tuesday, or still have plans to donate this year, you want to act quickly so as not to miss the Dec. 31 deadline to get a tax receipt for 2020. Here are my top 10 charitable giving tax tips for 2020. 1. Give cash ...