--- title: How to Include Donor-Covered Fees in your Tax Receipts description: Want to give donors full credit for every dollar they contribute—including the fees they cover? You can easily include donor-covered fees in your tax receipts. --- [Skip to content](https://help.trellis.org/how-to-include-fees-in-your-tax-reciept-amount#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![Trellis-MainLogo-AllWhite-01.png\]](https://help.trellis.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Trellis-MainLogo-AllWhite-01.png?height=40&name=Trellis-MainLogo-AllWhite-01.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Raise an urgent issue (out of office hours)](https://formcrafts.com/a/urgentform) [Raise an urgent issue (out of office hours)](https://formcrafts.com/a/urgentform) Help & Learning - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help & Learning](https://help.trellis.org/?hsLang=en) 2. [Tax Receipts](https://help.trellis.org/tax-receipts?hsLang=en) 3. [Set Up Your Tax Receipts](https://help.trellis.org/tax-receipts?hsLang=en#set-up-your-tax-receipts) # How to Include Donor-Covered Fees in your Tax Receipts ## Want to give donors full credit for every dollar they contribute—including the fees they cover? You can easily include donor-covered fees in your tax receipts. f you have your fundraiser's fee settings set so that donors are covering fees, or have the option to cover the fees, you can include the amount they cover on Trellis tax receipts.  ### **How to Include Donor Fees in Tax Receipts** 1. Go to your **Fundraiser Builder**. 2. In the left-hand panel, go to **Settings** \> **Tax Receipting**. 3. Enable Tax Receipting if it is disabled. 4. Toggle on the option **“Include fees paid by donors”**. 5. Complete setting up tax receipts, and click **Save**. 6. Don’t forget to click **Publish Changes**. ![](https://help.trellis.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-07-02%20at%2012-01-40%E2%80%AFPM-png-1.png?width=507&height=503&name=Screenshot%202025-07-02%20at%2012-01-40%E2%80%AFPM-png-1.png) #### **Example Tax Receipt Breakdown** This image shows how donor-covered fees will appear on the tax receipt. ![](https://help.trellis.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-07-02%20at%2012-08-04%E2%80%AFPM-png.png?width=670&height=172&name=Screenshot%202025-07-02%20at%2012-08-04%E2%80%AFPM-png.png) **Important Notes** 1. Donor-covered fees must be combined with another tax receipted amount (like a donation, event ticket, or item) to generate a tax receipt. 2. The total tax receipt amount, including covered fees, must be above the Minimum Tax Receipt Amount set under Dashboard \> Org Profile. 3. Donor-covered fees cannot be added retroactively to existing checkouts. **This feature must be enabled before the checkouts are made.** Tax receipts must be issued at the time of purchase. --- #### **Need Help?** *Did this answer your question? 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