About Girl Scout Cookies

The Girl Scouts Cookie program is the largest girl-led business in the country and generates over $700 million for girls and communities nationwide.

Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program girls develop five essential skills:

• Goal setting
• Decision making
• Money management
• People skills
• Business ethics

All of the cookie revenue goes right back into the community you purchased the cookies from.  Girls use funds to support program activities and the rest is used to recruit and train troop leaders, fund camps and activity sites, and sponsor special events and projects.

To see the product line or view ingredient information, visit our baker, ABC Bakers: www.abcsmartcookies.com or contact Carol Weis, cweis@gslakesandpines.org.

Are purchases of Girl Scout Cookies tax deductible?

According to the Internal Revenue Service and Girl Scouts of the USA, there are two possiblities:

1. Customers accept cookies: If individuals buy cookies for personal consumption, they have purchased a product at a a fair market value.  For this reason, no part of the price of a package of Girl Scout Cookies is tax deductible.

2. Customers leave cookies with the Girl Scouts: Those customers who do not receive any Girl Scout Cookies, but purchase a package for the Cookie Share Program, do not benefit directly from paying for the cookies.  These individuals may treat the purchase prices as a charitable contribution as the Girl Scout will donate these cookies to a charity of the her choice.