@Bsch4477 wrote:
See page 14.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf
Contributions should be deducted in the year they are paid.
If Turbotax will not accept a future date for charitable travel, I think the argument that is being made is that "service" to the charity does not occur until the trip occurs, even if some expenses are pre-paid.
