In February, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced a new bill (H.R. 1260) to establish a universal charitable deduction. Like the Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act (H.R. 651), the bill would create an above-the-line deduction for non-itemizers. Text for the bill has not yet been released publicly.

Rep. Davis is a long-time member of the Ways & Means Committee, the sole committee in the House with jurisdiction over tax issues. As of March 18, the bill has one cosponsor, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).

CASE and the Charitable Giving Coalition are supportive of the bill and are working to build bipartisan support for the proposal.

For more information on the universal charitable deduction, visit the CASE Advocacy Action Center.

This article is from the March 2019 BriefCASE issue. 

Please share your questions and comments with Naomi Dillon at ndillon@case.org.