Cash gifts keep a 60 percent ceiling worked out against other gifts
What the document says“For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, any contribution of cash to an organization described in subparagraph (A) shall be allowed as a deduction under subsection (a) to the extent that the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed the excess of--”
The section rewrites clause (i) of section 170(b)(1)(G) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 so that from a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017 cash contributions to an organization described in subparagraph (A) are deductible up to 60 percent of the contribution base minus the contributions already taken into account under subparagraph (A). It also makes conforming edits to the coordination clause and to subparagraph (B), including a new ten percent adjustment.
What the document actually says“For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, any contribution of cash to an organization described in subparagraph (A) shall be allowed as a deduction under subsection (a) to the extent that the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed the excess of--”
A cash gift to some charities may be deducted. There is a limit. It is the gap between the two figures below.
One figure is 60 percent of the taxpayer's base. The other is the gifts already counted. The rest of the cash gift is not deductible.
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