How can I give my tax money to charity instead of the government?
A donation to charity doesn’t offset your tax dollar for dollar. The tax savings is at most the donation amount times your tax bracket %, – so if you owe $1000 in tax and donate $1000 and are in a 15% bracket, your tax savings would be at most $150 so you’d still owe at least $850 in tax. Offsetting the entire tax amount would depend on how much tax you owe, and might not even be mathematically possible. Charitable deductions are limited to at most half of your income for the year. Glad to hear things are working out so well for you. But if you are making lots more than you were when you were working, why are you still talking to the bill collectors rather than just paying your bills?
