At 05:59 PM 1/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
>binding for periodicals), and you then make a donation of what you think is
>fair to the library I work for? You get a tax write off, the library makes
>a few bucks, and you get a printed manual that will last well past the time
>a new edition is out. Twenty bucks should more than cover the printing and
>binding and first class mailing to Texas, and everybody comes out ahead.
Just a quickie; donations in exchange for goods are only tax-deductible in
the amount that the donation exceeds the fair market value of the goods
received.
Anyone who wants to argue can respond via (personal) email. :)
Philo
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