Gifts to charity -- can I skip the date box and simply put down $500 and move on like in the past turbo tax versions?

2020serge · ‎June 4, 2019

gifts to charity -- can I skip the date box as I don't remember when I gave?

xmasbaby0 · ‎June 4, 2019

Was this a cash gift--you are supposed to get receipts for cash donations to charity, and it should have been dated.

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2020serge · ‎June 4, 2019

Thanks! No, not cash but clothing, footwear, computer, office stuff...

xmasbaby0 · ‎June 4, 2019

Usually Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc give dated receipts, too. Or did you use a drop box where there would be no receipt?

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Hal_Al · ‎June 4, 2019

No. TurboTax will not let you skip the date. If you don't know it or don't want to bother entering multiple dates, use 12/31/16 or the one date you do have documented. Either way, form 8283 will be generated and the IRS wants dates

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Gifts to charity -- can I skip the date box and simply put down $500 and move on like in the past turbo tax versions?