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Gifts to Charity You can deduct contributions or gifts you gave to organizations that are reli- gious, charitable, educational, scientific, or literary in purpose. You can also de- duct what you gave to organizations that work to prevent cruelty to children or animals. Certain whaling captains may be able to deduct expenses paid in 2015 for Native Alaskan subsistence bowhead whale hunting activities. See Pub. 526 for details. To verify an organization's charitable status, you can: Check with the organization to which you made the donation. The or- ganization should be able to provide you with verification of its charitable status. Use our on-line search tool Exempt Organizations Select Check to see if an organization is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Publication 78 data). You can access Exempt Organ- izations Select Check on IRS.gov. Click on Tools then on Exempt Organizations Select Check. Examples of Qualified Charitable Organizations Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, etc. Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, CARE, Girl Scouts, Good- will Industries, Red Cross, Salvation Ar- my, United Way, etc. Fraternal orders, if the gifts will be used for the purposes listed under Gifts to Charity, earlier. Veterans' and certain cultural groups. Nonprofit hospitals, and organiza- tions whose purpose is to find a cure for, or help people who have, arthritis, asth- ma, birth defects, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease, hemophilia, mental illness or retarda- tion, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystro- phy, tuberculosis, etc. Most nonprofit educational organi- zations, such as colleges, but only if your contribution isn't a substitute for tuition or other enrollment fees. Federal, state, and local govern- ments if the gifts are solely for public purposes. Amounts You Can Deduct Contributions can be in cash, property, or out-of-pocket expenses you paid to do volunteer work for the kinds of organi- zations described earlier. If you drove to and from the volunteer work, you can take the actual cost of gas and oil or 14 cents a mile. Add parking and tolls to the amount you claim under either meth- od. But don't deduct any amounts that were repaid to you. Gifts from which you benefit. If you made a gift and received a benefit in re- turn, such as food, entertainment, or merchandise, you can generally only de- duct the amount that is more than the value of the benefit. But this rule doesn't apply to certain membership benefits provided in return for an annual pay- ment of $75 or less or to certain items or benefits of token value. For details, see Pub. 526. Example. You paid $70 to a charita- ble organization to attend a fund-raising dinner and the value of the dinner was $40. You can deduct only $30. Gifts of $250 or more. You can deduct a gift of $250 or more only if you have a statement from the charitable organiza- tion showing the information in (1) and (2) next. 1. The amount of any money con- tributed and a description (but not value) of any property donated. 2. Whether the organization did or did not give you any goods or services in return for your contribution. If you did receive any goods or services, a de- scription and estimate of the value must be included. If you received only intan- gible religious benefits (such as admis- sion to a religious ceremony), the Mortgage Insurance Premiums Deduction Worksheet—Line 13 Keep for Your Records See the instructions for line 13 to see if you must use this worksheet to figure your deduction. Before you begin:

1. Enter the total premiums you paid in 2015 for qualified mortgage insurance for a contract issued after December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 2. Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.

3. Enter $100,000 ($50,000 if married filing separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.

4. Is the amount on line 2 more than the amount on line 3? No. Your deduction isn't limited. Enter the amount from line 1 of this worksheet on Schedule A, line 13. Don't complete the rest of this worksheet. Yes. Subtract line 3 from line 2. If the result isn't a multiple of $1,000 ($500 if married filing separately), increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 ($500 if married filing separately). For example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $2,025 to $3,000; or if married filing separately, increase $425 to $500, increase $2,025 to $2,500, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.

5. Divide line 4 by $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing separately). Enter the result as a decimal. If the result is 1.0 or more, enter 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. . 6. Multiply line 1 by line 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 7. Mortgage insurance premiums deduction. Subtract line 6 from line 1. Enter the result here and on Schedule A, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. A-9