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Re: Donate for a cause (by R P.):

Case in point regarding the IRS .... my dad died in 1992 .... I was his 'power of attorney' and handled all his business affairs. I was not aware that he should have had to file income taxes = social security income while he was in a nursing for 7 years.

Several years after his death I received a statement from the IRS stating that my dad owed several years of back taxes while he was in the nursing home. This included back taxes, penalties and interest .... many times it takes IRS auditors several years to catch things like this.

I called and spoke to an IRS rep and informed him that I had no idea that I (being his power of attorney) should have filed my dad's income taxes while he was in a nursing home. The rep understood and wrote off some of the penalties and interest.

What I'm saying here is that it can take YEARS for the IRS to catch people writing $5000 off their taxes for donating a worthless timeshare like it took years for them to inform me of my dad's tax situation..