Is my gift tax deductible?
What a gift to charity takes off your federal taxes, one question at a time. From 2026, up to $1,000 of cash counts even if you don’t itemize, or $2,000 filing jointly. If you itemize, everything counts above 0.5% of your income.
The 2026 rules
Where you give
What you give
When you get something back
Paperwork
Checked on October 2, 2026 against Publication 526, Charitable Contributions, Topic 506, Charitable contributions, Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax and IRS, Working Families Tax Cuts provisions. An estimate for your records, not tax advice.
Keep every gift with its receipt.
Forward the charity’s thank-you or photograph it, and Reimburse keeps it with the gift, asks for the paper the IRS wants, and shows what each gift puts back. Federal only, for now.