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Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2025
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the charitable mileage rate with the business travel rate.
Summary
This bill amends the tax code to increase the charitable mileage deduction for volunteers who drive for charitable organizations. Currently, volunteers can only deduct 14 cents per mile when using personal vehicles for charity work. The bill allows for a higher mileage rate, at least equal to the standard business mileage rate, when volunteers transport other people or property on behalf of charities. The higher rate applies only to transportation of others or property, not to the volunteer's own transportation. The change is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
Actions (2)
- Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the charitable mileage rate with the business travel rate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CHARITABLE MILEAGE RATE.
(a) In General.—Subsection (i) of section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “shall be 14 cents per mile.” and inserting “shall be—
“(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), 14 cents per mile, and
“(2) in the case of transportation of persons (other than the taxpayer) or property on behalf of an organization described in subsection (c), a rate determined by the Secretary which shall not be less than the standard mileage rate used for purposes of sections 162 and 212.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. <all>
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