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Charitable giving involves a complex set of rules and regulations with high monetary stakes. This book provides comprehensive information on the laws, definitions, and forms of various charitable gifts, ranging from art to real estate and beyond. This core volume, Hopkins/The Tax Law of Charitable Giving, Second Edition (ISBN 0-471-35623-9) is supplemented annually. The 2003 Cumulative Supplement (ISBN 0-471-25007-4) includes new information on: Recently issued IRS private letter rulings on topics including gifts as part of sweepstakes programs, credit card rebates as gifts, contributions for the benefit of fraternities and sororities, gifts of inventory, division of charitable remainder trusts as the result of divorce, limited liability companies as income interest beneficiaries of charitable remainder trusts, the appraisal rules, and the substantiation requirements. One set of regulations relating to prevention of certain abusive transactions involving charitable remainder trusts and another intended to eliminate the use of vulture charitable lead trusts. Solicitation of public comment issued by the IRS concerning application of the federal tax law governing tax-exempt organizations' communications activities by means of the Internet.The supplement updates the core volume, Hopkins/The Tax Law of Charitable Giving, Second Edition (ISBN 0471-356239).