You claim the income, and then you claim the donation; so, isn't it a wash? They claim the expense, and then they claim the donation as income; so, isn't that a wash for them, too? If so, there's still zero beneift to either party. Extra work for the accountants, no wonder they love it. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Rudié" <lynnerudie at verizon.net> To: "Bronwen Hodgkinson - cdeVision" <bronwen at cdevision.com> Cc: "'Hidden Tech Discussion List'" <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Re: pro bono work > > Here's what I do for pro bono work, when the deduction is important > enough (i.e. when the amount is large enough). I bill for the work and > get paid for it and then write the organization a check for the amount > they have paid me. This way they get to deduct the cost of my services as > an expense and I get to deduct it as a donation. It's very clean and > clear, and the accountants love it.... >