Post #15165 by rnam on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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< i> he could just donate the dividend proceeds in cash to charities and get a 100% tax deduction for the cash donation. So it's a wash for him.

Not quite 100% tax deduction for charitable contributions. There is a cap of 60% of AGI (and in some circumstances lower) on cash contributions to public charities. So it would depend on what percentage of his AGI would be dividends.

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