>>UND season tickets are technically $14.71 per regular season game,
>>although we are obligated to join the Fighting Sioux Club each year in
>>order to earn the right to get seats in most areas.  After FSC payment,
>>any lower bowl seats come out to be $21 and up per game.  The seats I
>>wanted (between the blue and goal lines) come out to $23.50 per regular
>>season game.
>
>But aren't FSC dues tax-deductable?  So Uncle Sam (which is to say most of
>us reading this list) is subsidizing your season ticket purchase to the
>tune of about 25% of dues, depending on your tax bracket.

Dues for most "Booster" type organizations are not tax deductible, because
they are not considered charitable gifts.  If you receive benefits as a
result of your paid membership - a pin, a shirt, the "privilege" of buying
certain seats, invitations to events you wouldn't otherwise receive - you
probably aren't entitled to a tax deduction.  But your institution (in this
case, UND) can tell you for sure.

Direct gifts to the hockey program, of course, are tax deductible as gifts
to the university.


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Jeffrey "Beeeej" Anbinder                            [log in to unmask]
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