-Find some charitable endeavor to pursue.  

All itemized deductions except mortgage interest and charitable contributions will be eliminated. 

The truth is that the most wealthy people in the world provide the majority of charitable giving.

There are some more sophisticated charitable giving strategies they could also use.

Make sure you make charitable donations.

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.