.. done

Non-Tax-Deductible Contributions
================================

.. glossary::
    Non-Tax-Deductible Contributions

        The best example of a non-tax-deductible donation is a donor-directed gift. 
        The gift is sent from a foundation to a normal giving fund -
        that is, a fund for which a person would normally receive tax credit.
        You want to record the gift on the individual's record in TouchPoint,
        but not have it display as tax-deductible on his giving statement.

        The reason the contribution would be considered non-tax-deductible in
        this case is because the donor received tax credit from the foundation
        when he gave the money to the foundation.
        At the time he designates a gift from that foundation to go to your church,
        he should not receive tax credit again. 
        Flagging that contribution as non-tax-deductible
        allows you to record the contribution as coming from that individual
        without displaying the contribution on his tax-deductible giving record from the church.

        By default, TouchPoint only displays tax-deductible gifts on the giving statements.
        However, if your church chooses to display non-tax-deductible gifts
        your Admin can add a setting to your database.
        This will display these types of contributions
        in a special section of the contribution statement.
        It clearly states that these contributions are not
        tax-deductible.

        See :ref:`Giving Statement options <StatementSettings>` for more information
        about this and other special settings.


.. caution::
    We do not recommend including Non-Tax-Deductible Funds
    in your list of Online Giving Funds.

Recording Non-Tax-Deductible Gifts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These are contributions that are going into a normal tax-deductible fund,
but that should *not* display on the individual's Contribution Statement as being tax-deductible.
See article below for entering contributions.

..  seealso::
    :doc:`/Finance/ContributionBatch`

Non-Tax-Deductible Gifts and Pledges
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can record a non-tax-deductible gift and have it apply toward the balance of a Pledge.

.. seealso::
    :doc:`NonTaxDedGiftsAndPledges`


Special Cases
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ask Donation
    If you have an online registration for an event
    and you use the Ask Donation feature,
    anything given as an extra donation 
    (but not the fee itself) will be considered a contribution
    and will appear on a person's giving record.
    The fee and the extra donation both display in the
    Transactions Log, but in separate columns.

    .. seealso::
        :doc:`../OnlineRegistration/FeeSettings`

Mission Trip Online Registrations
    If you use TouchPoint's online registration for Mission Trips,
    everything thing paid by the participant as well as any donations
    from others will be considered contributions and will
    appear on each person's giving record.
    These donations will be placed in an Online Batch and will also
    display on the Transactions Log.
    Be sure that the fund you use is **not** flagged as a non-tax-deductible fund.

    .. seealso::
        :doc:`../OnlineRegistration/MissionTripRegistration`


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Removed Donations vs Fees section, added link to new batch article.