WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 20 press release, Congressman Mike Michaud praised House passage of a bill that would speed up the tax deduction for charitable contributions for Haiti.
The bill (H.R. 4462) would allow individuals making a charitable contribution after Jan. 11 and before March 1 to victims of the earthquake in Haiti to claim these charitable contributions on their 2009 tax return. Absent this change, taxpayers would need to wait until next year to claim a deduction for these contributions on their 2010 tax return. Michaud is an original cosponsor of the bill.
The bill makes clear that taxpayers making a charitable contribution to victims of the Haiti earthquake through a text message will be able to rely on their cell phone bill when claiming a charitable contribution.