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 > 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 > plus > helps out organizations in need. You cannot, however, get a tax deduction > for that. At least not a legal one. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > > 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 a > charitable organization. So I will be continuiing to take those > deductions! Sometimes that kind of charity is about the only charity I can > afford! > > John Dorr > Helena, MT > > > > > >
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