[pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions

[CHARLES BECKER]

The only reason I mention distance is that the winning bidder  in one of 
these events wanted me to tune his mothers piano 60 miles away.  I went.....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions


>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.
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> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> -----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
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> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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 
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>> charitable organization. So I will be continuiing to take those
>> deductions! Sometimes that kind of charity is about the only charity I 
>> can
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>> afford!
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>> John Dorr
>> Helena, MT
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