Taking a Charitable Donation Tax Deduction: Is It Right for Your Tax Situation?

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Can you take a charitable donation tax deduction on your federal return? Standard deduction vs. itemized deductions: which one? To itemize or not to itemize: that is the question. You can only take a donation tax deduction on your federal tax return when you itemize. So which one should you choose — the standard deduction