Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Tax deductions for charitable donations: How much can I deduct for a car donation?

 Tax deductions for charitable donations: How much can I deduct for a car donation?


The million dollar question… how much will the value of my tax deduction be?



So many donors have this on the forefront of their minds. They want to do a good deed and at the same time gain something as well. In fact, the United States government actually encourages us to give charity by offering the benefit that any value donated to charity will not be taxed from your income.


Yet, when it comes down to understanding what value they will get, the terms and concepts can be confusing. Donors don’t want to part with their vehicle until they are sure what value they’ll receive in return. Sounds fair to me.

Here are some common questions which we hear from donors:


Q: Can I deduct the Kelley Blue Book value of my car?


A: The value which you can deduct on your taxes depends on what the charity does with your car. If the charity uses your vehicle, the amount which you can deduct is the fair market value. The IRS says that guides like KBB are not “official”, but they can provide clues to the fair market value. However, if the charity sells your vehicle, then it depends how much they sell it for. If they sell it for up to $500, you can deduct the fair market value of the car, up to $500. And if they sell it for more than $500, the amount you can deduct on your taxes is the amount which the vehicle sold for. (Source: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4303.pdf) At Kars4Kids, the vehicles donated are generally sold to fund our work.


Q: Can you give me a ballpark figure for the value I’ll receive for my car?


A: Give us a call at 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS, and one of our representatives will be happy to assist you.


Q: I put a few hundred dollars in repairs into the car, will that raise the value?


A: It depends on the nature of the repairs, but most probably yes.


Q: I didn’t get a 1098-C form to send to the IRS, where do I get that?


A: In most cases, the receipt which you receive from the charity can serve as a legal substitute for the 1098-C. (If your deduction is $5,000 or more, you will need a 1098-C. See more information in our complete guideto tax deduction for car donation.) If you have misplaced or never received your receipt, Kars4Kids makes it easy to download your receipt online at our donor portal.


Q: I feel uncomfortable giving over my Social Security number, why do you need it?


A: This is required for donations valued over $500 in order for the IRS to recognize your donation as tax deductible.


We decided to make our tax information section more user friendly with clear delineated frequently asked questions and answers, along with a short video interview with the Kars4Kids controller.

Tax deductions for charitable donations: How much can I deduct for a car donation?
The million dollar question… how much will the value of my tax deduction be?


So many donors have this on the forefront of their minds. They want to do a good deed and at the same time gain something as well. In fact, the United States government actually encourages us to give charity by offering the benefit that any value donated to charity will not be taxed from your income.

Q: Can I deduct the Kelley Blue Book value of my car?


A: The value which you can deduct on your taxes depends on what the charity does with your car. If the charity uses your vehicle, the amount which you can deduct is the fair market value. The IRS says that guides like KBB are not “official”, but they can provide clues to the fair market value. However, if the charity sells your vehicle, then it depends how much they sell it for. If they sell it for up to $500, you can deduct the fair market value of the car, up to $500. And if they sell it for more than $500, the amount you can deduct on your taxes is the amount which the vehicle sold for. (Source: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4303.pdf) At Kars4Kids, the vehicles donated are generally sold to fund our work.


Q: Can you give me a ballpark figure for the value I’ll receive for my car?


A: Give us a call at 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS, and one of our representatives will be happy to assist you.


Q: I put a few hundred dollars in repairs into the car, will that raise the value?


A: It depends on the nature of the repairs, but most probably yes.


Q: I didn’t get a 1098-C form to send to the IRS, where do I get that?


A: In most cases, the receipt which you receive from the charity can serve as a legal substitute for the 1098-C. (If your deduction is $5,000 or more, you will need a 1098-C. See more information in our complete guide to tax deduction for car donation.) If you have misplaced or never received your receipt, Kars4Kids makes it easy to download your receipt online at our donor portal.


Q: I feel uncomfortable giving over my Social Security number, why do you need it?


A: This is required for donations valued over $500 in order for the IRS to recognize your donation as tax deductible.


We decided to make our tax information section more user friendly with clear delineated frequently asked questions and answers, along with a short video interview with the Kars4Kids controller.


Here are some common questions which we hear from donors:


Q: Can I deduct the Kelley Blue Book value of my car?


A: The value which you can deduct on your taxes depends on what the charity does with your car. If the charity uses your vehicle, the amount which you can deduct is the fair market value. The IRS says that guides like KBB are not “official”, but they can provide clues to the fair market value. However, if the charity sells your vehicle, then it depends how much they sell it for. If they sell it for up to $500, you can deduct the fair market value of the car, up to $500. And if they sell it for more than $500, the amount you can deduct on your taxes is the amount which the vehicle sold for. (Source: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4303.pdf) At Kars4Kids, the vehicles donated are generally sold to fund our work.


Q: Can you give me a ballpark figure for the value I’ll receive for my car?


A: Give us a call at 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS, and one of our representatives will be happy to assist you.


Q: I put a few hundred dollars in repairs into the car, will that raise the value?


A: It depends on the nature of the repairs, but most probably yes.


Q: I didn’t get a 1098-C form to send to the IRS, where do I get that?


A: In most cases, the receipt which you receive from the charity can serve as a legal substitute for the 1098-C. (If your deduction is $5,000 or more, you will need a 1098-C. See more information in our complete guide to tax deduction for car donation.) If you have misplaced or never received your receipt, Kars4Kids makes it easy to download your receipt online at our donor portal.


Q: I feel uncomfortable giving over my Social Security number, why do you need it?


A: This is required for donations valued over $500 in order for the IRS to recognize your donation as tax deductible.

GK Online Test : First Indian Women In Various Fields

 GK Online Test : First Indian Women In Various Fields

We bring you a list of 'First Indian Women', noting the first time an Indian woman achieved something.Indian women's history is full of pioneers who have broken gender barriers and worked hard for their rights and made progress in the field of politics, arts, science, law etc.We bring you a list of 
'First Indian Women', noting the first time an Indian woman achieved something:


First Women's University

Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.

First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Pre-Independence)

First Woman to hold a Union Foreign Minister's post

Sushma Swaraj(2014)

First Woman youngest minister of a state

Sushma Swaraj (She became the cabinet minister of Haryana when she was only 25 yrs old)

First Woman governor of Independent India

Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces

First Woman president of UN General Assembly

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)

First Woman Prime Minister of India

Indira Gandhi (1966)

First Woman IPS Officer of India

Kiran Bedi (1972)

First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize

Mother Teresa (1979)

First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest

Bachendri Pal (1984)

First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize

Arundhati Roy (1997)

First Woman President

Pratibha Patil (2007)

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha

Meira Kumar (2009)

First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"

Rita Faria

First Woman judge in Supreme Court

Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman Ambassador

Miss C. B. Muthamma

First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice

Santosh Yadav

First Woman President of the Indian National Congress

Mrs. Annie Besant

First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State

Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani

First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission

Roze Millian Bethew

First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)

Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

First Woman Lieutenant General

Puneeta Arora

First Woman Air Vice Marshal

P. Bandopadhyay

First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines

Sushama Chawala

First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi

Razia Sultana

First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra

Niraja Bhanot

First Woman to cross English Channel

Arati Saha

First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna

Indira Gandhi

First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award

Ashapurna Devi

First Woman Headmistress in school

Savitribai Phule

First Indian woman who reached Antarctica

Mahel Musa

First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee

Nita Ambani (2016)

First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental peaks

Premlata Agrawal

First woman amputee to scale Everest

Arunima Sinha

First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest

Tashi and Nancy Malik

First Indian woman scientist selected as fellow in London's Royal Society

Gagandeep Kang

First women defense Minister of India (full time)

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

First woman Finance Minister of India

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

First woman Chief Minister of Delhi

Smt. Sushma Swaraj

First Visually Impaired Women IAS Officer

Pranjal Patil

First woman DIG in Indian Coast Guard

Nupur Kulshrestha

First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India

Smt V. S. Rama Devi(26 November 1990-11 December 1990)

First woman Cabinet Minister of India

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Post-Independence), She became the Cabinet Minister for Health during the first Lok Sabha (1952-57).

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

General Knowledge Online Test : Gujarat Geography

 General Knowledge Online Test : Gujarat Geography


Gujarat, state of India, located on the country’s western coast, on the Arabian Sea. It encompasses the entire Kathiawar Peninsula (Saurashtra) as well as the surrounding area on the mainland.

The state is bounded primarily by Pakistan to the northwest and by the Indian states of Rajasthan to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and Maharashtra to the southeast. Gujarat also shares a small segment of its southeastern border with the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and, together with the Arabian Sea, it surrounds the territory of Daman and Diu. The coastline of Gujarat is 992 miles (1,596 km) long, and no part of the state is more than 100 miles (160 km) from the sea. The capital is Gandhinagar, on the outskirts of the north-central city of Ahmadabad (Ahmedabad)—the former capital, the largest city in the state, and one of the most-important textile centres in India. It was in Ahmadabad that Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi built his Sabarmati ashram (Sanskrit: ashrama, “retreat” or “hermitage”) as a headquarters for his campaigns against British rule of India.

Gujarat draws its name from the Gurjarat (supposedly a subtribe of the Huns), who ruled the area during the 8th and 9th centuries CE. The state assumed its present form in 1960, when the former Bombay state was divided between Maharashtra and Gujarat on the basis of language. Area 75,685 square miles (196,024 square km). Pop. (2011) 60,383,628.

Relief, drainage, and soils

Gujarat is a land of great contrasts, stretching from the seasonal salt deserts of the Kachchh (Kutch) district in the northwest, across the generally arid and semiarid scrublands of the Kathiawar Peninsula, to the wet, fertile, coastal plains of the southeastern part of the state, north of Mumbai. The Rann of Kachchh—including both the Great Rann and its eastern appendage, the Little Rann—are best described as vast salt marshes, together covering about 9,000 square miles (23,300 square km). The Rann constitutes the Kachchh district on the west, north, and east, while the Gulf of Kachchh forms the district’s southern boundary. During the rainy season—slight though the rains may be—the Rann floods, and the Kachchh district is converted into an island; in the dry season it is a sandy, salty plain plagued by dust storms.

To the southeast of Kachchh, lying between the Gulf of Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay), is the large Kathiawar Peninsula. It is generally arid and rises from the coasts to a low, rolling area of hill land in the centre, where the state reaches its highest elevation, at 3,665 feet (1,117 metres), in the Girnar Hills. Soils in the peninsula are mostly poor, having been derived from a variety of old crystalline rocks. Rivers, except for seasonal streams, are absent from the area.

To the east of the Kathiawar Peninsula, small plains and low hills in the north merge with fertile farmlands in the south. The richness of the southern soils is attributable to their partial derivation from the basalts of the Deccan, the physiographic plateau region that constitutes most of peninsular India. Southeastern Gujarat is crossed from east to west by the Narmada and Tapti (Tapi) rivers, both of which empty into the Gulf of Khambhat. Toward the eastern border with Maharashtra, the terrain becomes mountainous; the region is the northern extension of the Western Ghats, the mountain range that runs parallel to the Arabian Sea on the western edge of southern India.

Climate

Winter (November through February) temperatures in Gujarat usually reach a high in the mid-80s F (about 28 °C), while lows drop into the mid-50s F (about 12 °C). Summers (March through May) are quite hot, however, with temperatures typically rising well above 100 °F (38 °C) during the day and dropping only into the 90s F (low 30s C) at night.

Gujarat is drier in the north than in the south. Rainfall is lowest in the northwestern part of the state—in the Rann of Kachchh—where it may amount to less than 15 inches (380 mm) annually. In the central portion of the Kathiawar Peninsula as well as in the northeastern region, annual rainfall typically amounts to about 40 inches (1,000 mm). Southeastern Gujarat, where the southwest monsoon brings heavy rains between June and September, is the wettest area; annual rainfall usually approaches 80 inches (2,000 mm) along the coastal plain.

Plant and animal life

Forests cover only a small portion of Gujarat, reflecting human activity as well as meagre rainfall. Scrub forest occurs in the northwestern region and across the Kathiawar Peninsula, the main species being babul acacias, capers, Indian jujubes, and toothbrush bushes (Salvadora persica). In some parts of the peninsula and northeastern Gujarat, deciduous species such as teak, catechu (cutch), axlewood, and Bengal kino (butea gum) are found. Deciduous forests are concentrated in the wetter southern and eastern hills. They produce valuable timbers, such as Vengai padauk (genus Pterocarpus; resembling mahogany), Malabar simal, and haldu (Adina cordifolia). The west coast of the peninsula is known for its algae, and the east coast produces papyrus, or paper plant (Cyperus papyrus).

Gir National Park, in the southwestern region of the Kathiawar Peninsula, contains rare Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica), and endangered Indian wild asses (Equus hemionus khur) are protected in a sanctuary near the Little Rann of Kachchh. The Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, near Ahmadabad, attracts many species of birds migrating from the Siberian plains and elsewhere in winter. Saras cranes, Brahmini ducks, bustards, pelicans, cormorants, ibises, storks, herons, and egrets are among the most-notable species. The Rann of Kachchh is India’s only nesting ground of the greater flamingo. There is excellent offshore and inland fishing in Gujarat. Catches include pomfret, salmon, hilsa (a type of shad), jewfish (scianid fish), prawn, Bombay duck (a food fish), and tuna.

Logical Reasoning PDF File of Distance and Direction

 Logical Reasoning PDF File of Distance and Direction

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Monday, 30 November 2020

General Knowledge Online Test : General Study

 General Knowledge Online Test : General Study



General Knowledge (GK)

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Sunday, 29 November 2020

General Knowledge Online Test : Science And Technology

 General Knowledge Online Test : Science And Technology

Science and Technology

This section offers detailed information pertaining to scientific education and scientific research & development. Details of policies, schemes, documents and programmes for scientists, researchers, scholars, students, etc. are also available.

Science encompasses the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment, and technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Oxford Reference provides more than 210,000 concise definitions and in-depth, specialist encyclopedic entries on the wide range of subjects within these broad disciplines.

Our coverage comprises authoritative, highly accessible information on the very latest terminology, concepts, theories, techniques, people, and organizations relating to all areas of science and technology—from astronomy, engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics, to life and earth sciences, chemistry, environmental science, biology, and psychology. Written by trusted experts for researchers at every level, entries are complemented by illustrative line drawings, equations, and charts wherever useful.

Science and Technology have always been an integral part of Indian culture. Natural philosophy, as it was termed in those ancient times, was pursued vigorously at institutions of higher learning. The Indian Renaissance, which coincided with our independence struggle, at the dawn of 1900s witnessed great strides made by Indian scientists. This innate ability to perform creatively in science came to be backed with an institutional setup and strong state support after the country’s independence in 1947. Since then, the Government of India has spared no effort to establish a modern S&T infrastructure in the country. The Department of Science and Technology plays a pivotal role in promotion of science and technology in the country.

Saturday, 28 November 2020

General Knowledge Online Test : Ancient Indian History

 General Knowledge Online Test : Ancient Indian History


India's history and culture is dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. It begins with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India. The history of India is punctuated by constant integration of migrating people with the diverse cultures that surround India. Available evidence suggests that the use of iron, copper and other metals was widely prevalent in the Indian sub-continent at a fairly early period, which is indicative of the progress that this part of the world had made. By the end of the fourth millennium BC, India had emerged as a region of highly developed civilization.

The Vedic civilization is the earliest civilization in the history of ancient India. It is named after the Vedas, the early literature of the Hindu people. The Vedic Civilization flourished along the river Saraswati, in a region that now consists of the modern Indian states of Haryana and Punjab. Vedic is synonymous with Hinduism, which is another name for religious and spiritual thought that has evolved from the Vedas.

The Ramayana and Mahabharata were the two great epics of this period.

After the Kushanas, the Guptas were the most important dynasty. The Gupta period has been described as the Golden Age of Indian history. The first famous king of the Gupta dynasty was Ghatotkacha's son Chandragupta I. He married Kumaradevi, the daughter of the chief of the Licchavis. This marriage was a turning point in the life of Chandragupta I. He got Pataliputra in dowry from the Lichhavis. From Pataliputra, he laid the foundation of his empire and started conquering many neighbouring states with the help of the Licchavis. He ruled over Magadha (Bihar), Prayaga and Saketa (east Uttar Pradesh). His kingdom extended from the river Ganges to Allahabad. Chandragupta I also got the title of Maharajadhiraja (King of Kings) and ruled for about fifteen years.

With the commencement of the 7th century, Harshavardhana (606-647 A.D.) ascended the throne of Thaneshwar and Kannauj on the death of his brother, Rajyavardhana. By 612 Harshavardhana consolidated his kingdom in northern India.

In 620 A.D. Harshavardhana invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan, which was then ruled by Pulakesin II. But the Chalukya resistance proved tough for Harshavardhana and he was defeated. Harshavardhana is well known for his religious toleration, able administration and diplomatic relations. He maintained diplomatic relations with China and sent envoys, who exchanged ideas of the Chinese rulers and developed their knowledge about each other.