Despite increases in gasoline prices and other necessities, Americans found a way to give 2.7 percent more to charitable causes last year than in 2004, according to a report by the American Association of Fundraising Counsel. Experts say the increase was propelled by a series of significant natural disasters including Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in Southeast Asia, The New York Times reported in June
How are these types of contributions to be recorded, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles?
