Advice from Nashville's Financial Guru Dave Ramsey
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By Dave Ramsey
Author of Financial Peace and The Total Money Makeover
5/14/2006
"Deductible expenses for volunteering?"
Dear Dave,
I work as a volunteer for a couple of church conferences each year, and there are travel expenses for which I am not reimbursed. Can I claim these as deductions on my income tax, and would this include food, too, or just the mileage?
Joy
Dear Joy,
Yes, you can claim a deduction for charitable mileage. Absolutely.
Ordinarily, food is non-deductible. But if you buy supplies to be used at the conference or give them to the organization itself, then they are deductible, as well.
Make sure you keep a written log of the miles you drive both to and from the conferences, Joy. You’ll want to have a record of this and any supplies you buy for these groups when tax time rolls around.
- Dave
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