ItsDeducted Trust Center

Trust, privacy, and security for your donation records

How ItsDeducted handles donation data, fair-market-value estimates, AI assistance, product reliability, and the line between recordkeeping support and tax advice.

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Trust snapshot
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Your records stay reviewableEdit item details, conditions, and values before you rely on them.
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Estimates are presented as estimatesNo IRS approval claims, guaranteed deductions, or audit-protection promises.
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AI helps; you decideAI can accelerate identification, but users remain responsible for the final record.
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Personal donation records are not soldDonation history is used to support the product—not treated as an advertising product.
Quick Answer

ItsDeducted is built to help you create clearer donation records without pretending software can make tax decisions for you. The product helps organize donated items, photos, dates, notes, and estimated fair-market values; users can review and edit those records; AI is used as an assistant rather than an authority; and ItsDeducted does not sell personal donation records.

RecordkeepingOrganize item details, photos, dates, charities, notes, and estimated values.
ValuationEstimated FMV is a starting point to review—not a guaranteed tax result.
PrivacyPersonal donation records are not sold.
Tax boundaryNo tax, legal, accounting, or appraisal advice.
Trust Pillars

What we’re building trust around

Trust matters most where people rely on ItsDeducted for organization, review, and tax-season preparation. These are the areas the product is designed to make clearer and more dependable.

Organized donation records

Keep item names, photos, dates, donation locations, notes, and estimated values together so your history is easier to review later.

User-controlled information

Review and edit donation records before using or exporting them. Your records should work for you—not disappear into a black box.

Transparent value estimates

ItsDeducted provides estimated fair-market values using item information, condition context, and valuation data. Estimates are meant to be reviewed.

Responsible tax-season prep

ItsDeducted supports recordkeeping and valuation estimates. It does not make tax, legal, accounting, or appraisal decisions for you.

Data & Privacy

Your donation history should not feel like a black box

Donation records can be personal. ItsDeducted is built to help you organize donation information responsibly, including item details, estimated values, account information, and photos used during item identification.

Privacy in plain English

ItsDeducted does not sell personal donation records. Usage analytics may be used to improve the product and understand which features are working. For the complete policy, read the Privacy Policy.

Valuation Methodology

How ItsDeducted turns item details into an estimated value

ItsDeducted combines item information, category data, condition context where available, and its fair-market-value dataset to generate estimated donation values. The workflow is designed to be fast without hiding the fact that review still matters.

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Identify the item

Start from a photo, imported list, quick search, or manual entry. AI may help identify an item from a photo.

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Estimate fair market value

ItsDeducted uses item and category data plus condition context to suggest an estimated value rather than original retail price.

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Review before relying on it

Check the item name, category, condition, and estimated value. Edit the record when the real-world details call for it.

Important: estimated fair-market values are recordkeeping support, not tax, legal, accounting, or appraisal advice. Users remain responsible for their records and tax filings.
Recordkeeping

Better records now mean less reconstruction later

ItsDeducted is designed to preserve the details that are easiest to remember at the time of donation—and hardest to reconstruct months later.

Itemized donation listsKeep individual items or sensible groups organized instead of relying on a generic total.
Photos and item contextKeep useful visual context with the donation workflow while details are still fresh.
Estimated fair-market valuesReview values alongside item descriptions and condition rather than separating the number from the record.
Donation dates and charitiesKeep when and where you donated connected to the items themselves.
Notes for unusual detailsCapture completeness, working status, set size, brand, or other facts that can matter later.
Exportable summariesTurn organized donation records into cleaner summaries when you need to review or share them.
Security & Reliability

Security without the theater

The goal is to describe real practices plainly, keep the product maintainable, and avoid implying certifications or guarantees that are not publicly documented.

Network protection through Cloudflare

Cloudflare is part of ItsDeducted’s website and app infrastructure to help support secure, reliable access.

Version-controlled development through GitHub

Product changes are tracked so updates can be reviewed, managed, and rolled back more responsibly.

Modern application infrastructure

ItsDeducted uses modern hosted application infrastructure and development tooling to keep the product maintainable as it evolves.

Daily automated QA scans

Automated checks across key workflows help surface broken functionality early, while recognizing that no automated test catches everything.

ItsDeducted also uses account-based record access, limited internal access practices, secure website access, and responsible handling of uploaded donation information. This page will be updated as security and compliance practices mature.

AI Transparency

AI can speed up donation tracking without making the final call

ItsDeducted uses AI where it can remove tedious work—especially item identification and structuring donation details—but the product is designed around user review.

Where AI helps
  • Identify likely donated items from photos
  • Structure item information more quickly
  • Reduce repetitive manual entry
  • Help users get from a pile of goods to an organized record faster
Where you stay in control
  • Review the item name and category
  • Confirm condition and completeness
  • Review or edit the estimated value
  • Decide what belongs in your final donation record or export
Tax Boundaries

A donation tracking tool, not a tax advisor

ItsDeducted is designed to make the recordkeeping side of noncash donations substantially easier while keeping the tax-decision boundary clear.

ItsDeducted helps with

  • Organizing donated items and donation events
  • Keeping item details, photos, dates, charities, and notes together
  • Providing estimated fair-market values for review
  • Creating cleaner records and exports for tax-season preparation

ItsDeducted does not decide

  • Whether your donation is deductible
  • Whether you should itemize deductions
  • How you should file a tax return
  • Whether an appraisal or additional tax form is required for your situation
Common Questions

Trust and safety FAQs

Is ItsDeducted a replacement for TurboTax ItsDeductible?
ItsDeducted is built for people looking for a modern donation-tracking workflow after TurboTax shut down ItsDeductible. It is not affiliated with Intuit, TurboTax, or ItsDeductible.
Does ItsDeducted provide tax advice?
No. ItsDeducted provides donation tracking and estimated fair-market values. Consult a qualified tax professional for personal tax advice.
Are donation values guaranteed?
No. Values are estimates intended to support recordkeeping decisions. Review item details, condition, completeness, and the suggested value before relying on a record.
What happens to uploaded photos?
Uploaded photos may be used to help identify donated items during the upload workflow. ItsDeducted does not store those uploaded photos as part of that identification process. See the Privacy Policy for complete details.
Does ItsDeducted sell my donation records?
No. ItsDeducted does not sell personal donation records.
Can I edit my donation records?
Yes. Users can review and edit donation records before relying on or exporting them.
Does ItsDeducted claim IRS approval or audit protection?
No. ItsDeducted does not claim IRS approval, guaranteed deductions, audit protection, or security certifications that are not publicly documented.
How do I ask a privacy or security question?
Use the Contact page and your question will be routed appropriately.
Go Deeper

Review the policies and methodology behind the product

Use these pages when you want the detailed policy language, valuation context, or practical recordkeeping guidance behind this trust summary.

Privacy

Privacy Policy

Review the full policy for how ItsDeducted handles personal information and product data.

Read the Privacy Policy
Valuation

Fair market value methodology

Understand the framework behind estimating the value of donated used property.

Explore FMV methodology
Records

Donation recordkeeping guide

See what to preserve with a noncash donation record and why contemporaneous details matter.

Read the recordkeeping guide
Start Tracking

Build cleaner donation records while the details are still easy to remember

Take photos or import a list, review estimated values, and keep your donation details organized before tax season turns into a reconstruction project.

ItsDeducted provides estimated fair-market values and recordkeeping support. It does not provide tax, legal, financial, accounting, or appraisal advice. Review your records carefully and consult a qualified professional when needed.