S 2937
111th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
A bill to provide a temporary suspension of limitation on charitable contributions and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the enhanced charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.
Introduced: January 20, 2010
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Jan 20, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 20, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Suspends limitations on the tax deduction for charitable contributions made by individuals and corporations, including contributions for relief efforts related to the earthquake in Haiti and cash contributions in 2010 to specified public charities.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory from any trade or business (including corporations other than C corporations).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1