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The number of income tax returns that will report income tax savings from charitable donations is projected to plummet from 37 million in 2017 to just 16 million in 2018.1 The staggering decline of 21 million returns is due principally to two changes in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017: (1) limiting the itemized tax deduction for state and local taxes to $10,000 per return ($5,000 for married taxpayers filing separately), and (2) increasing the standard deduction to $12,000 on single returns, $24,000 on married joint returns and $18,000 on head-of-household returns—with even higher thresholds for individuals over age 65.2
“A Massive Conversion,” p. 42, illustrates how these changes will cause millions of itemizers to convert into non-i...
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