Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't have my framed photos here in my small apartment in new York I have maps instead. People come in here think I'm a terrorist. Maps with push pins. Big mistake. Don't separate yourself form your work. When they ask if you are a photographer you are going to show them your cameras? Everybody has cameras. Nobody has your work. Not even you if you don't bring to to where you are going. On 1/8/15 2:13 PM, "Wilbur Norman" <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> wrote: > Charitable donations, for US tax deductible purposes, must be to an > organization having a 503 c status (I think that's the correct tax code > number). > > The last I knew, the deductible amount, unlike in the old days, is the > ACTUAL > amount the item fetches in the sale. > > For example, you value your framed photo at $100 for the frame (because > that's > what you paid) and $300 for the photo itself (because our cost is $100 and > the > art is worth $200 in your estimation). Your actual cost in the item is $200 > but? > > I think the current law lets you deduct only the $200 or the price the item > fetches at a sale. So, if the photo sells for $500 you can deduct that > instead > of the $200. > > BUT? consult a tax professional OR look it up on the IRS web site (good > luck > with the latter.) > > ****************** > > On Jan 8, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > >> Can you take a tax deduction for a charitable donation? If so, how do you >> choose a dollar value of the photos donated? >> >> Thanks, >> Sue >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:50 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> That's probably the best solution - donate to charity auctions. I've >>> done >>> that quite a bit and it's always appreciated. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >>> earthlink.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Donate to charity auctions? >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Orangevale, Sacramento County >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> >>>>> Sent: Jan 8, 2015 10:07 AM >>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Subject: [Leica] OT: What would you do? >>>>> >>>>> I have a dilema. I'm moving back into my old home and clearing out 25+ >>>>> years of "stuff", Clean sweep. >>>>> >>>>> I know some of you have been through this recently (George/Tina/etc.). >>>>> I >>>>> have a ton of framed prints that haven't sold at galleries/coffee >>>>> shops, >>>>> but that doesn't mean they aren't lovely (IMO). >>>>> >>>>> They are custom framed and mounted. Archival. The works. I don't want >>>>> to >>>>> give them away (I think that devalues all art), and I don't want to >>>>> pack >>>>> and ship them to folks. >>>>> >>>>> Please PLEASE suggestions? The dump just seems wrong.. >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> -- >>>>> Bob Adler >>>>> www.robertadlerphotography.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/ >>> Tina+Manley.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/