Q. Say your child or you have cancer and it will cost thousands for treatment, and you ask for donations, put out donation cans and have fundraisers... You raise like $20,000. Is that money taxable if it goes straight to the treatment of your condition?
A. No.
You are never required to pay tax on gifts that you receive from persons for whom you did not do anything. However, you must pay tax on "gifts" that are really tips from your customers or bonuses from your employer.
If the person gives the money to you as a gift that you may use for any purpose and you use it for a medical expense, then you can deduct the medical expense.
If the person pays for the medical expense directly, then you cannot deduct the medical expense. The donor also cannot deduct the medical expense, unless the patient was a dependent of the donor.
The donor cannot deduct the donation as a contribution to charity. Only donations to charitiable organizations may be deducted, not donations to individuals.
You are never required to pay tax on gifts that you receive from persons for whom you did not do anything. However, you must pay tax on "gifts" that are really tips from your customers or bonuses from your employer.
If the person gives the money to you as a gift that you may use for any purpose and you use it for a medical expense, then you can deduct the medical expense.
If the person pays for the medical expense directly, then you cannot deduct the medical expense. The donor also cannot deduct the medical expense, unless the patient was a dependent of the donor.
The donor cannot deduct the donation as a contribution to charity. Only donations to charitiable organizations may be deducted, not donations to individuals.
Why does both tropic of cancer and capricorn receive the sun direct rays at some point?
Q. Im not getting why both tropic of cancer and capricorn would receive the suns direct rays at some point when Earth is tilted at 23 1/2 degrees on the ecliptic plane. From what im reading, the tilt never changes. Wouldnt this mean that only 1 line of latitude (either cancer or capricorn) recieve the direct rays all the time while the rest receive less? Can someone please help me on this subject. Thanks.
A. <QUOTE>From what im reading, the tilt never changes.</QUOTE>
Correct. The axis points pretty much in the same direction. HOWEVER, the position of the Earth around the Sun doesn't; it makes a full orbit every year, so naturally the angle of incidence is not the same throughout the year.
You can try it at home if you have an Earth globe at home (it used to be a popular gift years ago), a flashlight, some playdough and a toothpick or something equally small. This might help you understand better than a long explanation because you actually SEE the stuff.
1) Place the playdough on any position on the globe and stick the toothpick on it, so that the toothpick is firmly placed and "upright" relative to the position it is on. (Use as much playdough as you need.) Remember where its axis is pointing to (e.g. to the door of the room where you're running this test). Also remember that you'll have to rotate the globe around on its axis (you'll see soon why).
(The toothpick represents a vertical bar relative to the position on the ground on that place. If you plant a stick on the ground, its tip is the highest possible relative to the ground; the toothpick's tip is highest relative to the "ground" of the globe near it.)
2) Place the globe on one corner of the room, and the flashlight on the center of the room, pointing to the globe. Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is shone upon. Measure the length of the "shadow" on the surface.
3) Move the globe to the other corner of the room. Remember that the rotation axis of the globe has to be pointing in the same direction (use a compass if you need to). If it's pointing to your house's door, it should be pointing to your house's door after you moved the globe across the room.
Move the flashlight around, still on the center of the room, so that it shines again on the globe on its new position.
4) Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. Measure the length of the shadow of the toothpick on the globe.
5) Try other positions of the globe, on other corners, making sure that the axis still points in the same direction (towards your house's door). Reposition the flashlight at the center of the room so it shines again on the globe, and rotate the globe so that toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. See how the length of the toothpick's shadow varies.
<QUOTE>receive the sun direct rays</QUOTE>
When something is catching sunlight, it's receiving "direct rays" from the Sun.
I suppose you mean something to the effect of "straight from the vertical (or upright) of the place in the globe". That point in the sky is called the zenith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith
At the tropics, once per year the Sun shines directly overhead:
- on the summer solstice on the Northern hemisphere (June 21st) for the Cancer tropic;
- on the summer solstice on the Southern hemisphere (December 21st), corresponding to the winter solstice on the Northern hemisphere, for the Capricorn tropic;
Any place between those two latitudes has the Sun shining overhead TWICE per year, once when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the solstice, and another time when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the other solstice. As you imagine, this is difficult to describe in words, so I advise you to try "playing around" with some objects (such as what I described above) to see for yourself what this all means.
Come back if you have more questions.
Correct. The axis points pretty much in the same direction. HOWEVER, the position of the Earth around the Sun doesn't; it makes a full orbit every year, so naturally the angle of incidence is not the same throughout the year.
You can try it at home if you have an Earth globe at home (it used to be a popular gift years ago), a flashlight, some playdough and a toothpick or something equally small. This might help you understand better than a long explanation because you actually SEE the stuff.
1) Place the playdough on any position on the globe and stick the toothpick on it, so that the toothpick is firmly placed and "upright" relative to the position it is on. (Use as much playdough as you need.) Remember where its axis is pointing to (e.g. to the door of the room where you're running this test). Also remember that you'll have to rotate the globe around on its axis (you'll see soon why).
(The toothpick represents a vertical bar relative to the position on the ground on that place. If you plant a stick on the ground, its tip is the highest possible relative to the ground; the toothpick's tip is highest relative to the "ground" of the globe near it.)
2) Place the globe on one corner of the room, and the flashlight on the center of the room, pointing to the globe. Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is shone upon. Measure the length of the "shadow" on the surface.
3) Move the globe to the other corner of the room. Remember that the rotation axis of the globe has to be pointing in the same direction (use a compass if you need to). If it's pointing to your house's door, it should be pointing to your house's door after you moved the globe across the room.
Move the flashlight around, still on the center of the room, so that it shines again on the globe on its new position.
4) Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. Measure the length of the shadow of the toothpick on the globe.
5) Try other positions of the globe, on other corners, making sure that the axis still points in the same direction (towards your house's door). Reposition the flashlight at the center of the room so it shines again on the globe, and rotate the globe so that toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. See how the length of the toothpick's shadow varies.
<QUOTE>receive the sun direct rays</QUOTE>
When something is catching sunlight, it's receiving "direct rays" from the Sun.
I suppose you mean something to the effect of "straight from the vertical (or upright) of the place in the globe". That point in the sky is called the zenith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith
At the tropics, once per year the Sun shines directly overhead:
- on the summer solstice on the Northern hemisphere (June 21st) for the Cancer tropic;
- on the summer solstice on the Southern hemisphere (December 21st), corresponding to the winter solstice on the Northern hemisphere, for the Capricorn tropic;
Any place between those two latitudes has the Sun shining overhead TWICE per year, once when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the solstice, and another time when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the other solstice. As you imagine, this is difficult to describe in words, so I advise you to try "playing around" with some objects (such as what I described above) to see for yourself what this all means.
Come back if you have more questions.
Where can I buy a Quilt that the proceeds go to cancer research?
Q. One of my very good friensd is getting married next month, and I am looking to buy a nice warm quilt for a wedding gift. Her mother died of cancer about 10 years ago, and I would love for the proceeds of the quilt to go toward cancer research. Does anyone know where I can get one of these?
A. Every year, ebay has a special auction of quilts to honor and benefit breast cancer patients through the Susan G. Koman foundation. Better Homes & Garden puts on the Quilt Pink event and the quilts produced in 2007 are about to be auctioned off this month. You can find more information here:
http://www.quiltpink.com/about/index.html
Here is a link to the quilt auction schedule:
http://auctionwire.ca/quiltpink/viewsched.html
And this link takes you directly to the auction.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZquiltpinkauctions
This cause is very near to my heart as well, being a quilter, having lost my mother to breast cancer in February 2005 and currently waiting on biopsy results for myself.
http://www.quiltpink.com/about/index.html
Here is a link to the quilt auction schedule:
http://auctionwire.ca/quiltpink/viewsched.html
And this link takes you directly to the auction.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZquiltpinkauctions
This cause is very near to my heart as well, being a quilter, having lost my mother to breast cancer in February 2005 and currently waiting on biopsy results for myself.
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