*Important Tax Deduction Information

** Please consult a tax professional ** Although some of a lodge’s activities include charitable work, membership in a lodge usually is not a tax-deductible expense. However, you might be able to deduct some contributions that pass through your lodge. Donating to a charity that associates with a fraternal organization does not automatically qualify you for a tax deduction. Also, you cannot deduct contributions to a specific person, even if you make the contribution through a charity. Consult with an accountant if you have more specific questions. More information and links are provided below.

More information about Masonic charitable donations:
http://www.ehow.com/info_8555810_masonic-dues-tax-deductible.html

Information about cash, item and other types of donations:
http://www.hrblock.com/free-tax-tips-calculators/deductions-credits/charitable-giving.html

The IRS Publication 78 Charitable Organization Search website:
http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/

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Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227. Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227.

Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227.

Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.