I have read the thread right.melaniex said:wow you all must be like 10, I am not asking for anyone to donate geez I am asking a serious question about donations not can you give me donations.
READ THE THREAD RIGHT!
If you can not give me legal help then just don't waste your time!
How anyone in here can get a serious answer is mind boggling to me because the ones that have read this thread and replied obviously do not know how to read or know any LAWS!
And as I see it, you are trying to ask us if some guy in New Zealand gave you some money for a tit-job, would he be able to deduct it. Definitely sounds like a question for the Kiwi tax authorities, doesn't it???
And if correct, then this is NOT a US question, is it??
So, lets ignore that issue....... and focus only on your idiotic tripe:
"Somebody told me recently that because the money is going into my bank account and that I am not a registered charity I can get in trouble for this."
*** Of course you can get in trouble. However, the question is 'from who?'. Some possible 'sources' of trouble.... your parents, your doctor, yourself in the future when you wake up with four knees.... etc. If you mean trouble from some authority, no.
"Can I get in trouble for this seeing as how it is something that benefits me and people are donating to me for this cause?"
*** See above.