@Patty534 wrote:
This check was one month away from being a stale check.
I did not (and do not) want to file a Form 1040X for 2023.
I received a phone call from my church yesterday, and they agreed to mark this check as being received on 1-1-2024 to apply it to my 2024 tax contributions statement.
But it wasn't a stale check.
You are not forced to claim the deduction, so if you don't want to claim the deduction you don't need to amend. But you can't claim it on your 2024 tax return as a deductions.
Just because your church is willing to lie about it doesn't change the fact that you are not allowed to claim it on your 2024 tax return.
