Sorry, Dale, services are not deductible charitably under any circumstances. Way of the world. Paul In a message dated 3/19/2009 2:37:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, erwinspiano at aol.com writes: what if you are an S corp? C corp,LLP or LLC, Limited partnership? Dale -----Original Message----- From: John Dorr <a440 at bresnan.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 8:42 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions Sender: _BobDavis88 at aol.com_ (mailto:BobDavis88 at aol.com) Subject: Re: [pianotech] Donating tunings and tax deductions In-kind gifts are gifts of materials and property to qualified organizations (like non-profits). They are deductible, but services are not. IRS Publ. 526, p. 6: "You cannot deduct as a charitable contribution: ....... 4. The value of your time or services, ......" Bob Davis Wow. Sounds like this comes straight from the horse's mouth, and makes me look like a horse's.. well. I'll forward this to my accountant and see what she has to say about that! thanks for the heads up. John Dorr Helena, MT ____________________________________ Live traffic, local info, maps, directions and more with the NEW MapQuest Toolbar. _Get it now_ (http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=emlwemqmq00000003) ! **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220029050x1201385914/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub leclick.net%2Fclk%3B212974460%3B34272906%3Bh) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090319/9a083f7f/attachment.html>
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