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Anything you buy and immediately donate to a charity is treated as a cash donation. You claim the amount you paid
You can deduct the value of the items you donated as a charitable contribution and if you itemize deductions (instead of taking the standard deduction). To enter your charity contributions, you have two options:
Since it is already tax time, option 2 is probably the easier option.
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I have donated food several times to the local Food Bank and have receipts from the food bank and from the stores I purchased the food from. Your program can not handle donations of fresh vegetables, rice, potatoes, etc. when I have the purchase receipts and receipts from the Food Bank. Why?
I have itemized for years.
Thanks
I will change all entries to cash. What a bunch of BS to go through to give some people some help, food!
You can enter them under the section that says "Can't find your item". Add your items and prices paid.
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