S 1821
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Asia
Charitable contributions
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax deductions
Philippines
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act
Introduced: December 12, 2013
Introduced by:
Hirono, Mazie K.
Democratic
· Hawaii
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Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2014
See also H.R. 3771.
Mar 25, 2014
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1706)
Mar 6, 2014
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1369)
Mar 6, 2014
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1369)
Mar 6, 2014
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1369)
Mar 6, 2014
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act - Treats cash contributions made after January 1, 2014, and before March 1, 2014, for the relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan as having been made on December 31, 2013, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems such a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.
What's happening now
See also H.R. 3771.
Committees of jurisdiction
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