--- 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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