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    One girl is off to college so we downsized from a house to a condo. I've been playing Tetris all month to fix up the garage in order to fit one car comfortably. We must have made ten trips to Goodwill so far but I never bother to get a receipt tax purposes. Does anyone actually do that? My sister said she gets a huge write-off every year for all the stuff she gives away. Sure feels good to get rid of crap though. It's so easy to accumulate "stuff" when you have a bigger place.

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    • Fancy garage floor. What kind of surface is that?monNom
    • gf and i had clothes, couple pieces of furniture, small appliances that added up to nearly $2K USD that she used this year on her filingsimbecile
    • @monNom: ever heard about the magic material called epoxy? :)
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    • Yes epoxy finish. Black looks really nice but also shows scratches the most. @imbecile I think I’m going to make a list from memory and just claim it.HijoDMaite
    • Then start keeping receipts from now onHijoDMaite
    • at our goodwill, they usually just give you the receipt to fill out, go often with some old clothes, shoes, tools, or whatnot, grab a receipt and be on your wayimbecile
    • only really matter if you have enough write offs to counter standard deduction right?
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    • Goodwill has a max donation of $500 so it doesn't matter how much stuff you donateHayoth
    • I know of at least three different donation spots that aren’t Goodwill so is that $500 per?HijoDMaite
    • Not sure about that $500 limit. Anything over that is considered a Noncash Charitable Contributions... up to $5kimbecile
    • The standard deduction is so large now that almost nothing is worth itemizing. Especially shit like this.section_014
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