[Hidden-tech] web design for the Northampton Survival Center

[Ron Miller]

I would like to think you can be nice and get a tax break for it too. 
The current system is simply not fair.

Let's say, I'm a developer and I create a program and sell it 
commercially in a box. I donate 100 copies to the local public school. 
I've donated a hard good, so I can write it off, but say I develop a 
custom program for the same school, then I can't write it off.

Doesn't seem fair to me. In both cases, I'm donating something that I 
invested a great deal to create.

I believe in giving back to the community, but I also think my time in 
providing a service should be worth as much to the Federal Government as 
goods or hard cash that I donate.

Ron

Ron Miller
Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988
Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine

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> It is nice to see someone is not looking for the IRS as the guiding star 
> of doing what is right.
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> There is a wealth of talent in this area that could and should help 
> organizations like the Northampton Survival Center.  We should be 
> actively looking for these kinds of opportunities to help. Perhaps this 
> is a wakeup call.  Considerations of the IRS aside, the NSC (Northampton 
> Survival Center) really does need to have its website upgraded.  The 
> result will create benefits to everyone.  If we were wise, this should 
> be a collaborative project bringing in the best of Hidden Tech.  The 
> results cold be astonishing.
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> Jim Tripp
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>     An old former IRS agent told me that I could deduct 100% of any
>     money earned on a job I did for free for a not for profit. Another
>     words, I didn’t earn anything, so I don’t have to pay taxes on
>     something I didn’t earn. If I also didn’t pay anything out (like I
>     would when I give money to charity) it’s all even. People should be
>     donating their time because they believe in the cause, not because
>     they night get something back from Uncle Sam.
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>     on 1/22/07 11:44 AM, Edbride-PR at Ed at edbride-pr.com wrote:
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>         As unfair as this may seem, that's what a tax accountant told
>         me. Then, a tax lawyer said just the opposite. Go figure (sorry).
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>         I think the not-deductible answer is correct, however.
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>         Ed
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>             *From:*  Rich <mailto:rich at on-the-net.com>  
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>             If by 'donated is not tax deductable' you mean you can't
>             write off what  you don't receive, yes,
>             you can not write off as a loss what you would have  made
>             for the same work as fully billable time.
>             (I am not an accountant -  but etc etc etc on tv)...
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