--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 21:24 -0600 on 15/08/01, Steve Conrad wrote:
> 
> >Or donate to a not for profit organization and take
> a tax write off.
> 
> Of what, $5?  That's about what they're worth these
> days.
> 

As someone who gives a lot of Mac gear and numerous
desktops to non-profits I can tell you two things:

1) You can quote a fair-market price for the item. So
you can use a quote from say Shreves Systems or other
vendor that sets its prices based on arcane, obscure
and unreasonable economic variables; and,

2) Unless you are already itemizing every conceivable
expense, the US tax code makes it ridiculous to take
penny-ante deductions. You end up losing money unless
you're giving away $5,000+ in donations. 

Trust me on this one.I give away a lot of stuff and I
got a friend who's a tax specialist for H&R Block and
I'm not taking any deductions for the stuff.

But do it anyway if they can use it.

William 
> 


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