MaryK4
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Deductions & credits

No, to be a charitable contribution you would have to give the donation separate from the living arrangement transaction.  Your transaction with the CCRC is a commercial one, not a charitable one so you cannot take a charitable contribution for the payments that you are making (because you are getting something in return for your payments it is not a gift.)

 

Just because you pay a nonprofit money does not mean it is a donation.

 

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