[pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions

[David Love]

I don't.  But they are done with local organizations whose buyers are in my
region and I've yet to encounter a problem that way.  Mostly they are in
conjunction with school fundraisers and such.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of CHARLES BECKER
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:43 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions

I hope that you are putting a distance limit for travel on your donated 
tuning.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dorr" <a440 at bresnan.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:02 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions


> David Love wrote:
> I routinely donate my services to a few charity events (auction type) 
> around
> for fund raising purposes. I usually donate 2 or 3 to each event. It is
> very good advertising and, if nothing else, gets you some new customers 
> plus
> helps out organizations in need. You cannot, however, get a tax deduction
> for that. At least not a legal one.
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> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> I just called my accountant. She says that indeed I CAN make those 
> deductions. It's called a donation "in kind", and you get a receipt from 
> the organization (which I DO) and the organization must be recognized as a

> charitable organization. So I will be continuiing to take those 
> deductions! Sometimes that kind of charity is about the only charity I can

> afford!
>
> John Dorr
> Helena, MT
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