Cumlative Charitable Donation Limit

[Buzzkutt]

I have made many trips to GW, kept receipts or records of my donations. The majority are below 250.00 and none are over 500.00. In total 4356.00. Can I deduct like this ?

[Anonymous]

yes    see this - you have to fill out form 8283

You must file Form 8283 if the amount of your deduction for all noncash gifts is more than $500

Section A. Include in Section A the following items.

Items (or groups of similar items as defined later) for

which you claimed a deduction of $5,000 or less per item

(or group of similar items)

Similar Items of Property Similar items of property are items of the same generic category or type, such as coin collections, paintings, books, clothing, jewelry, nonpublicly traded stock, land, or buildings. Example. You claimed a deduction of $400 for clothing, $7,000 for publicly traded securities (quotations published daily), and $6,000 for a collection of 15 books ($400 each). Report the clothing and securities in Section A and the books (a group of similar items) in Section B.