2009 Tax Deductions for Donations to Haiti

February 8, 2010 | Subscribe to our RSS Feed

Tax payers who make a charitable donation towards Haitian earthquake victims this year can write it off on their 2009 return this spring, instead of waiting until they file their 2010 returns.  Congress signed this special provision into law to encourage Americans to help the Haitian victims.

Donations must be in the form of cash contributions to an organization providing relief to Haiti.  Contributions made via cell phone do qualify, the phone bill will meet the IRS’s record keeping requirement.  You must make your donation by the end of February to be eligible for the deduction in 2009.

A similar law was passed in 2005 for donations to the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Submitted by Tammy Schneider

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tammy.schneider@glassjacobson.com