LaCharles Made a Charitable Contribution of Property That He Valued

question 157

Essay

LaCharles made a charitable contribution of property that he valued at $80,000. He deducted this amount as an itemized deduction on his tax return. The IRS can show that the actual value of the property is $50,000. LaCharles is in the 32% Federal income tax bracket. Determine LaCharles's amount due for any penalty.

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Definitions:

Ability

The possession of the means or skill to perform a task or achieve an outcome, often acquired through practice or learning.

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute one's successes to personal factors while attributing failures to factors beyond one's control.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where people tend to attribute others' actions to their character or disposition while underestimating situational factors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to the feedback between belief and behavior.