S 317 · 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 gifts.
- Affects individual taxpayers starting in 2026 or 2027 who make charitable contributions.
- Eliminates the 50% tax penalty for overstated charitable contributions by non-itemizing taxpayers.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might allowing non-itemizers to deduct charitable gifts change donation patterns among middle and lower-income households?
- 02
What evidence supports that eliminating penalties for overstated contributions will increase legitimate giving rather than tax abuse?
- 03
Who would benefit most from this deduction structure, and would it effectively encourage charitable giving across different income levels?
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Sponsor · R-OK
James Lankford
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
23/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-29
Joining the bill
Jacky Rosen
D-NV · original
Marsha Blackburn
R-TN · original
Tim Scott
R-SC · original
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH · original
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · original
Jerry Moran
R-KS · original
Pete Ricketts
R-NE · original
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · original
Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original
Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original
John R. Curtis
R-UT · original
Raphael G. Warnock
D-GA · original
+ 11 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-29 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-01-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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