Of course, your mileage may vary – it’s IRS taxes.Accelerate business purchases into 2017.You will get the business deduction in the current year, plus you might get bigger savings this year than in 2018.If moving – pay for the move now.Business-related long-distance moves will not be deductible after this year.Make your 2018 charitable donations now.They might get you less (or even zero) benefit in 2018.Accelerate miscellaneous personal expenses.The new law eliminates the so-called miscellaneous personal deductions.

Try looking into charitable remainder trusts. 

if we had plans to make charitable contributions to our church, would we do well to do that through the LLC so that we could write it off, and then still take the standard deduction?

You might get rid of the employment issue and reduce taxes significantly by looking into a charitable remainder trust, which will then determine a more marketable asking price.

Those forcing my hand to provide charitable assistance is unethical and if it is to support them, then it is nothing more than them selling pity and greedy.

how does it affect you.. its a 2 mil property your paying 2 mil for what is the upside.. unless of course your low balling and taking equity from the sweet little old lady :).. don't see your point in all of this.I dealt with this in the Timber business were many of my clients owned timber with next to zero basis.. we did a 1031 on the timber deed.if she lives there I don't think she can 1031.she can do a charitable remainder trust but really she is too old for that.and I think there are things called generation skipping trusts..

Do you drive for charitable purposes?

There are old house, barns, outbuildings and even a lighthouse all converted, and renovated into luxury homes.I've spoken and written before about charitable donation for real estate, and have personally donated property to a church, a college, Habitat for Humanity, local government, state government, and to a town to complete a local park. 

Your only other option is a charitable remainder trust but that's more for older people who are done investing in real estate.

It can be tough, but I find other outlets for being charitable without jeopardizing my property value.