Senators Lankford (R-OK) and Coons (D-DE) reintroduced their universal charitable (non-itemizer) deduction bill. The legislation, S. 566, would enable non-itemizers to deduct charitable donations of up to 1/3rd of the standard deduction, about $4,600/individual and $9,200/couple. In addition to Senators Lankford and Coons, the following have signed on as cosponsors (alpha by state): Marco Rubio (R-FL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Gary Peters (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Maggie Hasson and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tim Scott (R-SC). Last Congress’ bill sponsor, Rep. Pappas (D-NH), is on board, but the coalition is still seeking a Republican lead sponsor. Read more here.
