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    Feb 29, 2016, 03:21 PM
    Charitable donations
    Filling out itimized deductions, it talks about non cash donations over $500, does that mean at any one time or all donations total combined ? Thanks.
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    Feb 29, 2016, 03:27 PM
    All combined for the tax year (including donations of "stuff" to Amvets, Purple Heart, etc.). Do you have acknowledgements/letters of receipt?
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    Feb 29, 2016, 04:09 PM
    That is all non-cash donations made in 2015. You will need to submit Form 8283 if you have non-cash donations that, in aggregate, exceed $500.
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