November 17, 2014
. Qualified Charities. You can only deduct gifts you give to qualified charities.
Use the IRS Select Check tool
to see if the group you give to is qualified. Remember that you can deduct donations you give to
churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and government agencies. This is true even if Select Check
does not list them in its database.
Exempt Organizations Select Check is an on-line search
tool that allows users to search for and select an exempt organization and check certain information
about its federal tax status and filings. It consolidates three former search sites into one,
providing expanded search capability and a more efficient way to search for organizations.