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by PaulDavisThe1st 1181 days ago
> Anyone who contributes $100 to NPR deducts $100 from their income for tax purposes.

Itemized deductions these days are either extremely small (limited to a few hundred dollars) or only for the very wealthy.

During the Trump years, the standard deduction was doubled, with the result that vastly fewer people now itemize deductions. Yes, you can report a limited amount of tax-deductible donations, but last time I looked it was around $300/yr (and even that was easy to overlook).

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The $300 charitable deduction was just in 2021, you basically can't get a federal charitable deduction anymore. Might get one at the state level though.
As I said elsewhere: the relevant percentage is not "how many normal people itemize?" but "how many NPR contributors itemize?"