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HR 2945 113th Congress House Taxation Charitable contributions Food assistance and relief Income tax deductions Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.

Introduced: August 1, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Aug 1, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 1, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory; (2) set forth rules for determining the basis and fair market value of contributed food; and (3) increase from 10% to 15% of taxpayer net income the amount of deductible food inventory contributions which a taxpayer, including a C corporation, may make in any taxable year.

What's happening now August 1, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4719 Related bill America Gives More Act of 2014
  • S 1395 Related bill Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 4
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 19, 2014
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 19, 2014
Maffei, Daniel
· Nov 19, 2014
Bishop, Timothy
· May 21, 2014
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 21, 2014
Loebsack, David
· Apr 9, 2014
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 4, 2014
Barletta, Lou
· Feb 6, 2014
FATTAH, CHAKA
· Jan 3, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Dec 9, 2013
Roskam, Peter
· Nov 19, 2013
Gerlach, Jim
· Aug 1, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2945: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2945/
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H.R. 2945, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2945/.
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