My husband set up a recurring "payment" from our bank to his church. It was made by bank check written (mailed?) either the 1st day or last day of a month (not sure why, but the dates on the cancelled check images are 4/1/25, 5/1/25, 5/30/25, 7/1/25, 8/1/25, 8/29/25, 10/1/25, 10/31/25, 12/1/25 and 12/31/25 and they posted 4/9/25, 5/7/25, 6/12/25, 7/11/25, 8/6/25, 9/10/25, 10/15/25, 11/6/25, 12/10/25 and 1/15/26). He also wrote a check from our checkbook at Christmas that was posted 12/30/25. How do I enter the recurring automatic payments vs the check? Do I have to put in the amount he sent each month (and how, because I'm only seeing a total to enter)? Also, the last payment was scheduled for December 31 (I don't know why he didn't cancel that one when he wrote the large check at Christmas), but that bank check (?) didn't come out of our account until mid-January. Can I deduct it for 2025 or is that for 2026 (when we have a 0.5% floor on charitable deductions, so it means we won't be able to use it because we're itemizing for 2026)?
