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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 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 20, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 20, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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