Starting in 2026, households that take the standard deduction can deduct up to $2,000 of cash giving — permanently. It's a small number that quietly changes the math on bunching, and it's worth more to some donors than to others. Here's who actually benefits.

Starting in 2026, a company only deducts what it gives above 1% of taxable income — and the part below that line is usually gone for good. Here's how the new corporate floor works, why steady givers lose the most, and what business owners can change before December.

Bunching your charitable gifts into one big year is the standard fix for the new 0.5% floor. But two years, three, or five? Stack too little and you never clear the bar; stack too much and you run into the AGI ceiling. Here is how to size a bunch that actually fits your numbers.

The 2026 tax rules trim the charitable deduction at both ends. Most donors assume that makes giving tools less useful. Here is why a donor advised fund actually gets more valuable under the new math, not less.

A new 2026 rule erases the deduction on the first slice of what you give, and it lands hardest on people who give a steady amount every year. Here is how the 0.5% charitable floor works, who it penalizes, and a simple way to plan your giving so more of it actually counts.

The standard deduction is now so high that most people get no tax benefit from their giving at all. Bunching fixes that — you stack several years of gifts into one year, deduct it all at once, and let a donor advised fund hand the money out on the old schedule. Here's exactly how it works.