If You Spend $200 on a Luxury Item Instead of Sending

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Essay

If you spend $200 on a luxury item instead of sending it to Oxfam, Bread for the World, World Vision, or some other antipoverty, food assistance organization (thus saving the life of a child), are you analogous to a person who refuses to wade into the water to save a drowning child? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Relationship Test

Criteria used in tax law to determine eligibility for filing status, dependent deductions, and other tax-related considerations based on familial relations.

Dependent Taxpayer Test

Criteria used to determine whether a taxpayer can claim another person as a dependent, including relationship, residency, and support tests.

General Tests

General Tests refer to a set of standard procedures or criteria used for evaluating or assessing a specific aspect or condition.

Relationship Test

The Relationship Test is an IRS criterion used to determine if a person qualifies as a dependent based on their relationship to the taxpayer.