RE: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Scott Raley -ITC
From: Rastafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:06 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: taxes and work for non-profits? all virtual :) hahahahaa s'all good, we took a trip to las vegas to talk to a client, that whole thing will be taken care of... just working

RE: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Scott Raley -ITC
Just make sure you get a letter.. sometimes they want to specify the amount in the letter which I try to stay away from. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:47 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: taxes and work for non-profits? I

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Rastafari wrote: > ... just working on as many deductions as possible. > weeglets :D -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Rastafari
all virtual :) hahahahaa s'all good, we took a trip to las vegas to talk to a client, that whole thing will be taken care of... just working on as many deductions as possible. thanks! Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jan 19, 20

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Dana
was your deliverable a design or a product? Real goods = something that occupies space and has dimensions. A banner would qualify. A design for a banner would not. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Rastafari wrote: > real goods = graphics, banners etc that i did for a lower hourly rate for > the

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Dana
I once researched this and came to the same conclusion. You cannot take a tax deduction for time. However, any mileage, hosting, or supplies might be eligible... On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, William Bowen wrote: >> if my REAL price for work is $x/hour and i only charged $y/hr >> can i claim t

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Rastafari
thanks scott, and everyone else, let me know tho, if you find out anything to the contrary :) thanks Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Scott Raley wrote: > My accountant has told me that you can not write

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Scott Raley
My accountant has told me that you can not write off labor. I usually use hardware/materials as the piece that I write off. I'm currently registered as an LLC and even switching to an S corp didn't change anything. I'll check tomorrow to see if anything has changed but I did not get to write off an

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Scott Raley
My accountant has told me that you can not write off labor. I usually use hardware/materials as the piece that I write off. I'm currently registered as an LLC and even switching to an S corp didn't change anything. I'll check tomorrow to see if anything has changed but I did not get to write off an

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Erika L. Walker
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Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Judah McAuley
n-thing the "talk to a cpa" advice. One thing I've heard done is to have the charity pay you full rate and then donate money to the charity. They end up with a lower outlay for the work you did and you have a charitable donation. Of course in that situation you have to count the full billed rate as

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Charlie Griefer
i'm guessing that'd be considered a service. but as willbo says... check with a CPA-type person. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Rastafari wrote: > real goods = graphics, banners etc that i did for a lower hourly rate for > them? > > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Rastafari
real goods = graphics, banners etc that i did for a lower hourly rate for them? Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:27 PM, William Bowen wrote: >> if my REAL price for work is $x/hour and i only charged $y/hr >> ca

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread William Bowen
> if my REAL price for work is $x/hour and i only charged $y/hr > can i claim the difference as a donation? No. Only real goods can be deducted. Check with an accountant to be doubly sure. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie

Re: taxes and work for non-profits?

2009-01-19 Thread Joel Polsky
I'd imagine you can only deduct the value of the services you provided/charged. If you did it pro-bono, then you probably could deduct your full rate per hour, since you agreed to a value of your services there is a record of that charge. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Tony wrote: > hi kids