topic Charitable donation statement from previous year in Deductions & credits

Charitable donation statement from previous year

Billingsley1 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:31:52 GMT

I just received a corrected contribution statement from 2015. My church had left off my last contribution of the 2015 and due to illness, I forgot about it until reviewing previous returns. Can I claim it on my 2019 return or amend a previous year and include it? It was a sizable amount and makes a big difference in a return. I would hate to loose that money.

Re: Charitable donation statement from previous year

macuser_22 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:35:24 GMT

No. A charitable contribution can only be claimed in the year given and you cannot get a refund now for any tax year before 2017 since the 3 year statute of limitations has run out.

Re: Charitable donation statement from previous year

VolvoGirl — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:36:15 GMT

Sorry you would have to amend your 2015 return to add it. And it's too late to amend or claims refund for 2015. It's lost. You only have 3 years to amend.

Re: Charitable donation statement from previous year

Billingsley1 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:38:59 GMT

Thanks for the quick response!