I bought brand new clothes and donated them, I still have my sales receipt. How do I enter the value shown on that receipt?

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June 7, 2019
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Best answer by mesquitebean

To use your own values you can enter them as a custom item. For your records, be sure to hang on to that sales receipt as well as the receipt from the charity.

The 2 images below show how to enter a custom item in ItsDeductible and assign a custom value.

mesquitebeanAnswer

Level 15

To use your own values you can enter them as a custom item. For your records, be sure to hang on to that sales receipt as well as the receipt from the charity.

The 2 images below show how to enter a custom item in ItsDeductible and assign a custom value.

mesquitebean

Level 15

@robbduss
NOTE: I edited this comment 12/4/18:

I originally said that if it's a charity such as a thrift shop that will be reselling the clothes at reduced prices, that the FMV for newly-purchased items you donate might be less than what you purchased the new item for. But what I stated may not be correct. We've also been discussing this in a backroom, and another Superuser has pointed out that a taxpayer may not need to consider that when donating new clothing items as long as Fair Market Value (FMV) is used to value it. FMV is what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an open market. So you'll need to go by FMV, whatever that is in your case.

noodad

Level 5

> How do I enter the value shown on that receipt?

You don't.

When claiming a deduction for charitable contributions of property, you're expected to report the "fair market value" (FMV) of it. That is, as other answers have pointed out, what you believe to be a typical price that a buyer and seller would agree to in an open market.

This value isn't necessarily the same as the price you may have paid for earlier. In most cases, it probably isn't. Generally for any item it would be less than the "sticker price" or suggested retail price.

Besides, you may or may not have paid the sticker price either? Generally speaking, you might buy things on sale, or using some promotion you found. Or at a discount store. Or even at a thrift shop. So, the price you paid would often have little to do with FMV.

strongmind772

Level 2

I don't see a link or anything to access information about how to enter the value for NEW men's shoes I donated to Goodwill. Please someone help me. Thanks.

ErnieS0

Level 15

Enter new shoes in Items in TurboTax @strongmind772. TurboTax includes suggested values. You can also use a price you find online or in a store. To use TurboTax's suggested values:

Tap Guide Me on How Do You Want to Value Your Donations?
Ener the Date of Donation (mm/dd/yy)
Tap the Add or Edit Items
You will see a pop up called Browse Categories
Type shoes in Search. The suggested value for adult athletic shoes is $17 and $21 for dress shoes.
Enter the quantity and tap Add Items to My Donation

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