Charitable deductions rely on 12.31.25 deadlines to be deductible in 2025 per the IRS.

The USPS has changed its Domestic Mail Manual rule on postmarks – effective 12.24.2025, indicating that mail postmarks will not necessarily reflect the date upon which the USPS first accepted possession of the mail piece, but rather that it was in possession of the mail piece on the date of postmark.  Thus, the postmark may be days after the customer “mails” the document and the USPS reinforces that “the postmark date is not a perfectly reliable indicator of the date of mailing”.

To ensure that your postmark reflects the date needed for your charitable deduction, (12.31.25) consider these solutions:

Go into a post office and:

  1. Request a Manual (hand stamped at the counter) postmark.
  2. Request a Postage Validation Imprint (PVI) at the counter.
  3. Mail the document Certified or Registered Mail (which provides a dated receipt).

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