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S 3421 110th Congress Senate Taxation Administrative procedure Automobiles Charitable contributions Department of the Treasury Government Operations and Politics Income tax Law Tax deductions Transportation and Public Works Travel costs

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.

Introduced: August 1, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Aug 1, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of passenger automobiles from 14 cents per mile to the standard mileage rate prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes (50.5 cents per mile for January 1 through June 30, 2008, and 58.5 cents per mile for July 1 through December 31, 2008).
What's happening now August 1, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 17, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3421: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3421/
MLA
"S. 3421: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3421/.
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S. 3421, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3421/.
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[S. 3421: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3421/)
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