Where is my donation receipt, and is the donation tax deductible?

A receipt is generated automatically when a sale completes and part of the proceeds went to a nonprofit. Nobody has to request one.

It carries its own receipt number, the donor's full legal name, the nonprofit's name, EIN and address, the sale price, the designated donation and its percentage, the platform fee, the payment processing fee, and the net tax-deductible amount.

The receipt states that no goods or services were provided in exchange for the donation, that the organisation is a 501(c)(3), and that the contribution may be deductible to the extent allowed by law. It also says to consult your own tax advisor, which is the honest position — nothing here is tax advice. It points you at irs.gov/teos to verify the organisation's status yourself.

Above $500 the receipt notes that IRS Form 8283 may be required with your return. Above $5,000 it notes that a qualified written appraisal is generally required.

The PDF lives on the donation record in the app, and is emailed if there is an email address on file. The email is best effort — if it does not arrive, the copy in the app is the canonical one.

There is also a yearly summary you can open at any time, broken down by nonprofit, for whichever year you ask for. It is something you pull up rather than something that is mailed to you: no annual letter is sent out automatically.

The donation is made by the seller, out of their share, so the receipt is made out to the seller and only the seller can download it. A buyer can see where the money went but does not get the document — it carries somebody else's legal name and somebody else's deduction.

If a sale is refunded, its receipt is voided and the nonprofit's totals are backed out. No valid-looking receipt survives money that came back.