Photo evidence
Photographs of donated property, kept with the record. Not required by the IRS, but the cheapest way to show condition years later.
No IRS publication requires a photograph of a donated sofa. What the rules do require is that clothing and household items be in good used condition or better, and that you be able to support the fair market value you claimed.
Both of those are claims about condition, and condition is the thing memory loses first. A photo taken the morning of the drop-off costs nothing and answers a question that may not be asked for three years.
DeductiBee attaches photos to the item and to the drop-off receipt rather than to a generic camera roll, so the evidence stays with the record it belongs to and leaves with it when you export.
Sources
- Instructions for Form 8283IRS, IRS form
- Publication 561 (rev. December 2025), Determining the Value of Donated Property, full textIRS, IRS publication
The rule as published, not tax advice; confirm anything that affects a return with a tax professional.
Related: Substantiation, Good used condition or better, Condition tier, Contemporaneous written acknowledgment (CWA). Browse every term.
Values with the source attached
DeductiBee applies a cited fair-market-value range to everything you donate, keeps the photo with the record, and exports a Form 8283 worksheet when you file.
