@Critter-3 wrote:
Things you buy that do not depreciate are treated like cash donations ... if you are ever audited the fact you have a cash receipt and the donation slip within a short time period would support the "cash" donation.
Basically like @Fairfax_George said when purchasing non-perishable food items to donate? I would think you could treat this as "Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Giving Services" (see https://www.irs.gov/publications/p526#en_US_2021_publink[phone number removed]). In the case of @Fairfax_George , they're basically feeding the clients of the food bank, and then deducting the expenses
