April 4, 2002
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Using statistics from the Internal Revenue Service, RIA — a tax information publisher — has calculated the average deductions for charitable contributions taken in 1999 by taxpayers in seven tax brackets:
| Income | Average contribution 1999 |
| $35,000-49,999 | $1,758 |
| $50,000-74,999 | $2,056 |
| $75,000-99,999 | $2,650 |
| $100,000-199,999 | $3,716 |
| $200,000-499,999 | $8,447 |
| $500,000-999,999 | $20,828 |
| $1,000,000 and over | $149,945 |
Average deductions ranged from $1,758 for taxpayers who earned between $35,000 and $50,000 to $149,945 for those with incomes of $1-million or more.
RIA based its estimates on data published in the government’s Individual Income Tax Returns 1999.
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