8 Unexpected Things You Can Write Off Come Tax Time
Non-cash charitable donations
You may not have written a fat check to a charity, but what about those 4 dozen cookies you baked for a fundraiser? Or supplies you bought for the Church carwash? Clothes donated? Gas used driving around town to do these things? All of these things have a value. Keep receipts or at least have an estimate in mind for the tricky things, like donation of 20 items of clothing.