At the beginning of this year, I donated many stuff to the Salvation Army. There are so many items that I just put "Clothes - 3 bags - Nearly New", "Shoes - 2 bags - Nearly New", and so on. None of any single item worth more than $500. However, I certainly cannot remember how many clothes and pairs of shoes there were.
Under TurboTax, may I just input "Clothes, Books, Handbags, Shoes, etc" under "Description" and an aggregate estimated value of $3,300 with "Comparable Sales"? Do I need to mail the Salvation Army receipt to the IRS?
If audited, what can I do to prove the value? Quite a lot of the stuff were almost new anyway.
Thank you.
