non-profit work
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- ********
i will be doing work for a non profit, and i heard you can get a voucher or something that you can use on your taxes. a client told me that if i normally charge XXXX.XX, i can get a voucher for that $ and use it towards a tax deduction. does anyone know how this works?(US)
- versa0
i bet there is an offical "form",, but when i've done it in the past , the group and i just wrote up a description of my services and both signed it...
then i proceeded to write it off for the agreed dollar amount of my services, and kept the document if the irs showed up...
- ********0
yeah I did this Pro-Bono shit once and trust me it completely sucks, unless you mean getting paid actual money for working with Non-Profit Organizations or NGO's. You can ask them for some sort of tax form which enables you to claim it on your taxes. Do you mean that?
- paulrand0
for some reason somes pro bono clients act like bigger dicks than paying ones
- ********0
yeah, I tell you, interesting, some of those cats, they act like they are holy and shit and in reality are glorified Peace Corps volunteers who get big fat-ass paychecks. Hey, seriously, just becuase they work for Non-Profits or started a Non-Prof doesn't mean they themselves aren't making it. That shit is 90% adminstrative. 10 cents out of your buck goes to the target, the other part goes into someone's pocket. :(
- ********0
yeah i know, but i am actually doing it as a favor for a frined who belongs to a non-profit, so they will be my in-between with the client as far as dealing with the BS goes, and she will have a major say in the project. thanks for everyones input, thats exactly what i needed to know. i guess i would have to look for some kind of official form or a letter with their tax ID is sufficient?
- mikeim0
not true. it must be something tangible.
- ********0
huh? what do you mean 'tangible'? one of my clients said shes done this int he past as a public speaker, so her services are not 'tangible'.