Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-28 Thread Frank Bulk
ehalf Of Mark McCullough Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 3:37 PM To: Starchy Grant Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations Just checked with someone who used to handle the paperwork for charitable donations. "T

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng.
Hmmm, I could've gotten a tax deduction for old/new computer stuff I donated to the RedCross once Though not sure how I would've done it since I technically had no income the first part of the year, and was in Canadaliving in my parent's basement...and then moved to the US. (my US taxe

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Matthew Barr
If it's over 200? 250? You must put a value on the donation receipt. Nearly every donation I've made has that, including goods to goodwill or the Salvation Army. Matthew (sent from my mobile) > On Dec 24, 2015, at 6:20 PM, Starchy Grant wrote: > > It looks like I was mistaken anyway - we do no

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread john boris
Thanks. A Google search has been useless so far. This is a big help On Thursday, December 24, 2015, Starchy Grant wrote: > I've handled this before, although I'm fortunate to have help from someone > whose job it is to manage donations paperwork. All we usually do is mail > them a receipt in the

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Starchy Grant
It looks like I was mistaken anyway - we do not provide a dollar value on the receipt but record it internally for our own accounting purposes. -Starchy On 15-12-24 17:40, Rob Jenson wrote: > My understanding is that the qualified recipient of a non-cash charitable > donation *must not* make any

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Rob Jenson
My understanding is that the qualified recipient of a non-cash charitable donation *must not* make any statement or offer advice to the donor on the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the donation. I've worked for non-profits, and this was a very serious concern ... not even with a wink and a nod and a vag

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Mark McCullough
Just checked with someone who used to handle the paperwork for charitable donations. "Thank you for your donation of $enter_description_here". (On letterhead is good). Do not put an estimated dollar value, because that gets into depreciation headaches. Let the donator decide the value, keep

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

2015-12-24 Thread Starchy Grant
I've handled this before, although I'm fortunate to have help from someone whose job it is to manage donations paperwork. All we usually do is mail them a receipt in the form of a statement on letterhead saying we've received y item in value of $y. Sometimes the estimate can be a little bit of a