HR 801 · in committee · significant
Charitable Act
- taxes
What this bill does
- Allows taxpayers who don't itemize deductions to claim up to one-third of the standard deduction for charitable donations starting in 2026.
- Affects individual taxpayers who make charitable contributions but use the standard deduction rather than itemizing.
- Eliminates the 50% tax penalty for overstating charitable contributions for non-itemizing taxpayers.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might allowing non-itemizers to deduct charitable donations change giving patterns among middle-income households that currently use the standard deduction?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between incentivizing charitable donations through tax breaks and maintaining federal tax revenue from affected taxpayers?
- 03
Why does the bill specifically remove the 50% penalty for overstating charitable contributions, and what safeguards would prevent abuse of this change?
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Sponsor · R-UT-1
Blake D. Moore
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
54/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-28
Joining the bill
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1 · original
Chris Pappas
D-NH-1 · original
Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original
Mike Kelly
R-PA-16
Andrew R. Garbarino
R-NY-2
Shri Thanedar
D-MI-13
Mike Carey
R-OH-15
Stephanie I. Bice
R-OK-5
Juan Ciscomani
R-AZ-6
Michael Lawler
R-NY-17
Mike Rogers
R-AL-3
Hillary J. Scholten
D-MI-3
+ 42 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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