Same thing happens with tax returns as the clients send you a K-1 that they have misplaced or all of sudden get serious about looking for deductible items, when they learn they have a balance due.

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Charitable donations: If you made donations to charitable organizations such as the Salvation Army, the value of the items donated is deductible.

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The tax code is so convoluted that many people struggle through the ins and outs on which form to report income, which schedules to deduct expenses or even which items of income are taxable and which expenses are deductible.

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Clothing and household items must generally be in good used condition or better to be deductible.

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