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HR 6835 110th Congress House Taxation Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Motor vehicles Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

GIVE Act of 2008

Introduced: September 8, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 8, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2008 or the GIVE Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes to 70% of the current rate for business usage; and (2) exclude from the gross income of charitable volunteers reimbursements paid to them for the use of a passenger automobile for the benefit of a charitable organization.

What's happening now September 8, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 18, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6835: GIVE Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6835/
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"H.R. 6835: GIVE Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6835/.
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H.R. 6835, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6835/.
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