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With the current tax code in the US, a bunch of random Salvation Army donations or expenses for volunteer activities are mostly not very interesting unless you

by ghaff 1y ago

With the current tax code in the US, a bunch of random Salvation Army donations or expenses for volunteer activities are mostly not very interesting unless you have much larger deductions as well. For specific relatively large value donations like cars, you'll typically have an independent assessment.

adastra22 1y ago
And that independent assessor will ask you “sale or insurance?” They are in on the scam.
- ghaff 1y ago
  In my case it was just a letter from the 501(c)(3) organization acknowledging the donation. I can't speak to how the valuation was done.
  - Suppafly 1y ago
    Goodwill or whoever has their own guidelines for how much they value stuff, presumably somewhat related to what they can sell it for.
    - adastra22 1y ago
      Goodwill's system is that they give you pre-signed receipt and you fill in whatever you like.
      - Suppafly 1y ago
        That's not how it's supposed to work, but I won't claim that some of them don't do that.