IRS: Donors must prove cash in collection plate - Nashville, Tennessee - Thursday, 02/15/07 - Tennessean.com

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Some area churches adopt technology to issue receipts

By ANITA WADHWANI
Staff Writer

Next time you drop a twenty into the collection plate at your house of worship, you might want to get a receipt.

New Internal Revenue Service rules in effect since Jan. 1 require written proof in order to get a tax break on any cash donation — including tithes, offerings or the odd bills and coins tossed into donation boxes at churches, synagogues and mosques."