Yeah they can, and no it doesn't. People can, absolutely, just help out and not concern themselves with the tax breaks, but within the context of this thread, as the tax breaks were a part of the premise (or, the sales pitch to get people to help), then it cannot simply be ignored. And no, it doesn't make you wonder where their true intentions are, because it is rational, reasonable and prudent to take into consideration the costs of giving to charity. It wouldn't make sense to give more to charity than you can afford, so all costs need to be taken into consideration.
Having said that, I too wonder why all the secrecy.
"Listen to XM 166 June 24th midnight to 5am with Bubba Bo, then it will all make sense to everybody what we are doing!"
Four weeks? We have to wait for four weeks to find out what we are going to be doing? Or is that four weeks before we hear the recap of what we've already done?
"We are just getting trucks and manpower in place to get
everything ready to roll!"
Huh? You're asking expediters, expediters mind you, to plan ahead and set aside time to do something that we don't really know what it involves or when we're going to be doing it. On top of that, you say it's for a 501(c)3 non-profit, but refuse to name the organization, and if that wasn't enough, you say we'll be able to write off more than the IRS allows for charitable deductions, and won't elaborate on how that's possible. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are asking questions and are looking for more information.
