Checkoff boxes on tax forms don't yield large contributions

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 13, 2012

~~Question: When I was doing my taxes, I noticed that line 43 of the state tax form allows you to make a contribution from any tax refund for the school repair fund, public libraries fund and domestic violence and child abuse fund. Since I retired, I have been contributing to these funds and was wondering, how much has been contributed? Is it a little or is it substantial?
Answer: The contributions are "not very large," so much so that the state Department of Taxation argued against proposals to add other funds to the contribution checklist.
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Question: When I was doing my taxes, I noticed that line 43 of the state tax form allows you to make a contribution from any tax refund for the school repair fund, public libraries fund and domestic violence and child abuse fund. Since I retired, I have been contributing to these funds and was wondering, how much has been contributed? Is it a little or is it substantial?

Answer: The contributions are "not very large," so much so that the state Department of Taxation argued against proposals to add other funds to the contribution checklist. Login for more...