CNN 2010-01-27

Some help for all of you who are helping¹ Haiti’s earthquake victims and a new bill let you write off your donations this tax season. Our personal financier Jerry Malice² is on top of that force. Jerry, look, this sounds like good news all round.

 

Well, you know just last night this bill passed the Senate, Tony, and President Obama is expected to sign it into law as soon as next week. A similar measure passed after the tsunami³ in 2005. And here are the rules, for example, you must make your contribution your donation to the crisis in Haiti between January 11th and March 1st. Also this year a lot of folks donated to organizations via text messaging as you know. This bill also allows taxpayer⁴ to substantiate⁵ those deductions⁸ made by cell phone with their phone bill that shows the date, the amount and the name of the organization that got the contribution. So really trying to make it easy here to give money and to get that tax deduction⁷, Tony.

 

Yeah, and Jerry, are there any other tax benefits that we could see in the coming days and weeks?

 

We know what’s interesting, after hurricane took Katrina, there were a number of tax benefits and some of those benefits, well they could be reinstated by Congress, for example, in this tax year, it may be easier for individuals and corporations to deduct⁶ the value of food donations they make. The IRS typically has very strict rules about deducting⁹ food donations. Of course it’s important to know what you can’t deduct, just as much important as what you can. Here are things you can’t deduct. Aid to an individual, aid to a foreign government and keep in mind here that any donations to foreign organizations, even legitimate¹⁰ relief organizations that are based on domicile somewhere else, the charity must have some kind of presence in the US for you to be able to deduct that contribution, Tony.

 

That is terrific, all right, Jerry. I appreciate it. Thank you! Have a great weekend!

 

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 malice   

n.恶意，怨恨，蓄意；[律]预谋

参考例句：

• I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks.我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。
• There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits.他的许多肖像画中都透着一股强烈的怨恨。

3 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

4 taxpayer   

n.纳税人

参考例句：

• The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
• The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。

5 substantiate   

v.证实；证明...有根据

参考例句：

• There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims.这些主张几乎找不到科学依据来证实。
• These theories are used to substantiate the relationship between the phenomenons of the universe.这些学说是用来证实宇宙现象之间的关系。

6 deduct   

vt.扣除，减去

参考例句：

• You can deduct the twenty - five cents out of my allowance.你可在我的零用钱里扣去二角五分钱。
• On condition of your signing this contract,I will deduct a percentage.如果你在这份合同上签字，我就会给你减免一个百分比。

7 deduction   

n.减除，扣除，减除额；推论，推理，演绎

参考例句：

• No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
• His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。

8 deductions   

扣除( deduction的名词复数 )； 结论； 扣除的量； 推演

参考例句：

• Many of the older officers trusted agents sightings more than cryptanalysts'deductions. 许多年纪比较大的军官往往相信特务的发现，而不怎么相信密码分析员的推断。
• You know how you rush at things,jump to conclusions without proper deductions. 你知道你处理问题是多么仓促，毫无合适的演绎就仓促下结论。

9 deducting   

v.扣除，减去( deduct的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Deducting drop size and velocity from circular blood stains. 如何从循环的血液中降低血滴的大小和速度。 来自电影对白
• Ordinary shareholders receive dividend from profit after deducting the preference shares dividend. 普通股股东可获派剩馀的盈利为股息。 来自互联网

10 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。