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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @03:15AM (#21927191)
That could be automated too largely. In Austria charities submit this information to the government and it automatically gets added to your prefilled tax filings.
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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by irrational on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @08:43PM (#21932272)
Things don’t really work that way in the USA. I can take a bunch of stuff to a place like Goodwill. They will give me a little slip of paper that is “proof” that I donated, but they don’t keep records of my donation. The only way the government could know about it is if I tell them at tax time.
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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by samus on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @04:23AM (#21927354)
True, this was a very nice suprise on my last tax filing. I had even almost forgotten myself about those donations!
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