2005/01/08 Tsunami aid donations in 2005 deductible for 2004 in the U.S.
Saturday, January 8, 2005 U.S. citizens donating in 2005 to help tsunami victims may write off their donations on their 2004 tax returns, thanks to a bill quickly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on a voice vote, and signed into law by president George W. Bush. Without the new law, contributors would have waited until 2006 and their 2005 tax returns to be able