Reminder: You can already deduct volunteer-related expenses from your federal taxes, so long as you volunteer for a qualified organization: https://www.irs.gov

Reminder: You can already deduct volunteer-related expenses from your federal taxes, so long as you volunteer for a qualified organization: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf See Table 1 and Table 2 in the above publication. I think this is just extending this to NY state taxes, limiting to OSS development, and capping it at $200. All of which is a bit odd, but I guess it's a foot in the door and symbolically recgognizes OSS.