Tax time – don’t forget your donation credit

By Jim Irvine

It’s tax time, and while few of us “like” doing
taxes, there is a nice repayment coming to many
of us. It’s time to get our money back!

For all those who made a campaign donation last
year to any candidate for Ohio Representative,
Ohio Senator, Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor or Supreme
Court Justice there is a little something extra in your refund.

As regular readers of this web site know, Ohio gives a
tax credit of $50 a person ($100/couple) for
political donations to any of the qualified candidates.

Don’t forget to mark your political donation on
line 56 of your Ohio IT1040 income tax form and
you get your whole $50/100 donation back in your
Ohio Income Tax refund check. For those that owe
taxes, you get to pay $50/100 less in taxes.

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There are many people who are skeptical of this
great deal. “There’s no such thing as a free
lunch” they say. Now all you skeptics can see
for yourself just how simple this deal is. Don’t be left out in 2007.

You get to make a political donation to your
favorite Ohio Legislator, maybe attend a nice
campaign event, help the people that are fighting
for your rights in Columbus, and then get all
your money back! If you can find a better deal than that, take it.

As those who donated understand, a $50/100
donation is appreciated by your legislator. If
we all acted together, Ohio CHL’s could donate
over $4.3 million to our friends. Ohio deer
hunters would donate over $15 million.

Gun owners have the political clout to outright
control the election process, but we must act,
and we must act together. With this strength, we
have to take responsibility for all state
firearms laws we don’t like. They only exist because we chose to do nothing.

If you didn’t take advantage of this great deal
in 2006, make sure to learn from your
mistake. Save $50/100 from your refund this year
and donate it to a pro-gun legislator. We have
many good friends to choose from, and you’ll get
all your money back to play again next
year. This is truly a gift that keeps on giving.

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