I remember donating like $500 to a charity and they actually sent me a form for my taxes. But then when it came down to do them my tax person said the amount I donated wouldn’t affect my tax return because it was such a small amount. I was stunned because to me $500 I thought was pretty significant.
The reason for that is you’re allowed to claim you’ve donated a certain amount of money each year without proof. If you go over that amount you need to prove the entire amount including the original amount that you’re not required to prove. For example let’s say that’s $1,000, you donate $1,200 to charity. You need to prove You donated $1,200 to charity, not $200 in order to claim the full $1,200. Or you could just claim you’ve donated $1,000 without any sort of proof. Because of this most people just claim that they donated the maximum they can Even if they’ve never donated anything
I remember donating like $500 to a charity and they actually sent me a form for my taxes. But then when it came down to do them my tax person said the amount I donated wouldn’t affect my tax return because it was such a small amount. I was stunned because to me $500 I thought was pretty significant.
The reason for that is you’re allowed to claim you’ve donated a certain amount of money each year without proof. If you go over that amount you need to prove the entire amount including the original amount that you’re not required to prove. For example let’s say that’s $1,000, you donate $1,200 to charity. You need to prove You donated $1,200 to charity, not $200 in order to claim the full $1,200. Or you could just claim you’ve donated $1,000 without any sort of proof. Because of this most people just claim that they donated the maximum they can Even if they’ve never donated anything