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Front row left
to right: Robyn
Reid and Christy
Stringer. Back
row left to right:
Rebekah Martin,
Kendra Dougherty,
and Kasey
Chennault
Tsunami donations
can be deducted in
2004 tax return
Charles Ryan Russell is 6!
0.
Donating to tsunami relief efforts
now can mean tax savings, a spokes-
person with the Internal Revenue
Service said.
i Because of a new law enacted on
Jan. 7, donations made during Janu-
ary 2005 can be claimed on 2004
income tax returns, if the taxpayer
is itemizing their deductions.
“There are no extra forms to fill
out or any additional burdens for
- taxpayers,” said IRS Commissioner
Mark W. Everson. “As long as you
send your check by the end of the
month, the donation will be treated
L just like it was still 2004."
The Leonard Graphic is holding
a Tsunami Relief Drive throughout
the month of January. All donations
the Graphic gathers are being sent
to the American Red Cross. The
current tally is at $1,170. To donate,
please make checks out to the Red
Cross, and drop them by the Leonard
Graphic office, or mail them to P.O.
Box 1108, Leonard, TX 75452.
- The new law only allows for cash
. contributions, not goods. The contri-
, 1 A * butions must be made specifically for
Trade Adjustment Assistance deadline the relief of victims in areas affected
•by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami in the
. •T 1 Indian Ocean. The new law gives
looming for farmers and 29 producers taxpayers the option of deducting the
© P - contributions on either their 2004 or
Farmers, fishermen and other to impacted farmers in his state offered under TAA.- r 2005 returns, but not both.
producers of raw agricultural com- have been considerable; and he “But, to be eligible for trade The IRS advises taxpayers to be
modifies have approximately two should know since his organization adjustment benefits in the current sure their contributions go to quali-
weeks left to take advantage of filed the petition on behalf of his fiscal year, groups of farmers andfted charities. Taxpayers who have
financial and technical training constituents. fishermen or their representatives a specific charity in mind can make
benefits offered by the US Depart- “For years, the blueberry in- must file their petitions no later sure that it is a qualified charity by
* ment of Agriculture (USDA) if their dustry in Maine was extremely than January 31," Pajot said. "To doing a search on IR.S gov.
commodity suffered a significant profitable, increasing from just ensure a prompt response, fax and , Some organizations, such as
price decline in the past year, due under 20 million pounds annually e-mail are the recommendeddeliv- I churches or governments, may be
to foreign imports. to more than 75 million pounds in ery methods.” qualified even though they are not
Through the USDA’s Trade Ad- the 1990s,” he said. Once the petition is filed, the listed on IRS.gov. The IRS reminds
justment Assistance (TAA) Program But over the last decade, in- agency will spearhead an investiga- donors that contributions to foreign
for Farmers, impacted producers of creased production and imports tion to determineif the commodity organizations generally are not
such commodities must file a formal from Canada severely impacted । meets the criteria for the Trade Ad- deductible.
petition with the USDA’s Foreign Four production, resulting in a major • justment Assistance Program.
Agricultural Service (FAS) to estab- price depression for 2002. If a petition is, in fact, certified,
lish eligibility for assistance."Thanks to the petition process, . producers then have 90 days to con-
"The petition - available through all of our producers were eligible to tact the nearest office of the USDA’s
the USDA web-site or by calling receive technical training and some Farm Service Agency to apply for
> a toll-free number - is a relatively even collected cash benefits.” assistance.
simple process," said USDA Trade To obtain such aid, Bell peti- According to Pajot, all eligible
Adjustment Assistance Coordinator tioned the USDA under the Trade producers receive technical training
Jean-Louis Pajot. “But the paper- Adjustment Assistance program, and may receive cash benefits up to
work must be filed and submitted Through an extensive—yet timely. $10,000, depending on the amount
to our Washington, D.C. offices no . investigative process that is con- of production marketed and if they
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later than January 31, 2005." . ducted within 40 days of a petition meet certain income criteria.
According to Pajot, the program, being accepted, FAS determined 'Technical training benefits are
now in its third year of operation, that, from January through Decern- designed to help producers and
has benefited several industries ber 2002, imports did, in fact, con- fishermen explore additional com-
across the nation. ’ - . tribute significantly to a decline in modifies, marketing opportunities,
"Last year, wild Maine blue- domestic prices for Maine blueberry and alternative enterprises.
berries became the first agriculture producers, when compared with the The petition form, Pajot said,
a crop to qualify for Trade Adjust- previous five-year average. ; . is available online at www.fas.
ment Assistance,” Pajot said. ' Under TAA, established by usda.gov/itp/taa/FAS0930.pdf. It
Since that time, benefits in the the Trade Act of 1974 as amended may also be requested by phone
form of cash disbursements and in2002, the USDA certified the at (202) 720-2916 or by e-mail at
technical training have benefited . Commission's petition, making all trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
salmon fishermen in Washington wild blueberry producers in Maine
and Alaska, shrimp producers in eligible to apply for TAA benefits.
South Carolina and Louisiana, and
lychee farmers in Florida.
According to David Bell, Ex-
According to FAS figures,
several other producers of raw
Completed petitions may be faxed
to (202) 720-0876.
Petitions' may be filed by a group
of three or more producers or an
commodities have seen their prices authorized representative, and they
ecutive Director of the Maine Wild decline in recent years, prompting may be made on behalf of a state,
Blueberry Commission, the benefits those groups to explore the benefits region or the nation as a whole.
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Russell, Bethany. The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 2005, newspaper, January 20, 2005; Leonard, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1660288/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Leonard Public Library.