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S 1605 111th Congress Senate Taxation Income tax deductions Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Transfer and inheritance taxes

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the rules relating to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property.

Introduced: August 6, 2009 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax deduction for donations of fractional interests in tangible personal property to: (1) permit donors to claim an increased deduction based upon the market value of subsequent gifts of fractional interests; (2) extend to 20 years the period in which donors of fractional interests must contribute their entire interest in donated property; and (3) require donors of fractional interests greater than $1 million to attach a statement of value obtained from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to their tax returns.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1605: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the rules relating to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1605/
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"S. 1605: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the rules relating to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1605/.
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S. 1605, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1605/.
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