Preliminary Estimates of the Impact of the Camp Tax Reform Plan on Charitable Giving

Joseph Rosenberg, C. Eugene Steuerle, Ellen Steele, Amanda Eng

This note estimates the effects of four groups of provisions from the Tax Reform Act of 2014 on individual charitable giving. The provisions of the tax reform plan, released earlier this year by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), are estimated to decrease individual giving by 7 to 14 percent.

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