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Last post: 2 years, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 12, 10, 9:31 a.m.
- gramme
bzsaw, how exactly did you go about that? Did you invoice them and then as a line item discount your entire fee?
BTW there are two specific clients in question. Both are various kinds of registered nonprofit. One's pro bono, the other is drastically discounted. The latter has already given me an official letter recognizing the amount of discount.
I do understand the difference in working for those kinds of business vs. just giving it away to a for-profit.


- Dog-earMar 12, 10, 12:21 p.m. – Permalink
- gramme
lukus, maybe I'm thinking of this in too simplistic terms, but when I give money to my church, I get a tax deduction for it. So the idea is that I donated X work which is worth X dollars. It's time that could ostensibly be spent doing paid work, i.e. it could be seen as a donation.
What nosaj says makes sense though, about getting paid and then donating it. I think. I'm horrible at algebra. Also, it's Friday and I'm still working. Mind = fried.


- Dog-earMar 12, 10, 4:24 p.m. – Permalink
- lukus_W
Gramme, I see what you mean, but in essence through charity donation you are getting a deduction on the tax you would have paid on the money you earned, should you have decided to keep it.
It seems quite fair that you're not expected to pay tax if you pass the money on through good will.

- Dog-earMar 12, 10, 4:42 p.m. – Permalink
- whatthefunk
This is how the Dept. of the Treasury (in US) answers that question -
http://www.treas.gov/education/f…Under current law, volunteers are prohibited from taking a charitable contribution deduction for the value of the services they provided to charities. However, the tax code does support volunteer work for charitable organizations by allowing volunteers to take a charitable contribution deduction for expenses they incur in connection with their volunteer services, but the expenses must be ones the charity would otherwise have to incur, not personal expenses of the volunteer. For example, volunteers may deduct the cost of materials they donate for use in repairs to a church, supplies they use in leading activities at a day care center, or uniforms they wear when serving as nurses' aides. However, volunteers may not deduct personal expenses such as meals eaten during a break in a local service project, transportation to and from a school where they donate their time, or child care expenses.


- Dog-earMar 13, 10, 4:22 a.m. – Permalink



