Our clients who work as volunteers for charities aren’t motivated by tax breaks. Many probably don’t even know that as itemizers they can deduct their unreimbursed expenses.

Volunteers may deduct unreimbursed expenses that are incidental to their volunteer work. So costs incurred in going from home to the charity’s office (or other places where they render services), phone calls, postage stamps, stationery, and similar out-of-pocket costs are deductible as charitable donations.