Has anyone you know of donated money to the government through the tax system?

I donated a few bucks to Obama when he ran for his second term.

@Dutchess_III I mean though the tax system not to political parties. Its a obscure line in the back of the tax code. Where you can donate directly to the government any extra money that you don’t need.

California has boxes to check to donate $1 to various charities.

@zenvelo I meam donate to the government coffers. Voluntary taxes to be spent by the government. Please can someone provide a link to the gov tax code? Canadain and American if you can? Edit: gifts to the goverment

@RedDeerGuy1 haha, I’d love to see who used that and for how much. Ridiculous. May as well donate to the mob.

@RedDeerGuy1 I know of people who made amends to the government by paying into a special fund at the Treasury. But the IRS doesn’t process it from your tax return, it is done as separate transaction.

@zenvelo Ok thanks.

I can’t see why anyone would do this in the first place. I wouldn’t even be a tax deduction.

This what very rich people do isn’t it? Make a donation rather than pay the full amount.

You can make a gift to the US government. https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html

Totals of donations to reduce debt https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm