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Charitible Clothng Deduction question Andrew 02-04-2007
Posted by Andrew on February 4, 2007, 2:05 am
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 My sister donated a number of clothes that belonged to our
mother who passed away to the local hospital thrift shop.
They were all certainly in 'good' condition. We have the
receipt indicating that we made a donation, but it doesn't
state how much and - just a generic preprinted statement
saying "household items or clothing'). But of course, I do
have a list that we wrote so we could inventory what we
gave.

My question - is this sufficient for the donation deduction?
I recently read in the paper we should either have a
photograph, or the charity itself indicates on the receipt
that the clothes were in 'good' condition. I had planned to
use the IT'S DEDUCTIBLE function within Turbo Tax to assign
the valuation to the list I have of pants, shirts, etc.

Regards -

- Andrew

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Posted by Phil Marti on February 5, 2007, 1:12 am
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> My sister donated a number of clothes that belonged to our
> mother who passed away to the local hospital thrift shop.
> They were all certainly in 'good' condition. We have the
> receipt indicating that we made a donation, but it doesn't
> state how much and - just a generic preprinted statement
> saying "household items or clothing'). But of course, I do
> have a list that we wrote so we could inventory what we
> gave.
>
> My question - is this sufficient for the donation deduction?

Yes.

> I recently read in the paper we should either have a
> photograph, or the charity itself indicates on the receipt
> that the clothes were in 'good' condition.

The "good used or better" test was added sometime during
2006, so depending on when the donation was made it may not
even matter. Even if the new test applies, I don't see a
problem in your case.

Contrast used clothing of a decedent to a thrift shop with
worn out bedding and towels donated to the humane shelter.
Both are worthy donations, but you don't get a deduction for
the latter.

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Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on February 5, 2007, 1:12 am
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> My sister donated a number of clothes that belonged to our
> mother who passed away to the local hospital thrift shop.
> They were all certainly in 'good' condition. We have the
> receipt indicating that we made a donation, but it doesn't
> state how much and - just a generic preprinted statement
> saying "household items or clothing'). But of course, I do
> have a list that we wrote so we could inventory what we
> gave.
>
> My question - is this sufficient for the donation deduction?

Yes.

> I recently read in the paper we should either have a
> photograph, or the charity itself indicates on the receipt
> that the clothes were in 'good' condition. I had planned to
> use the IT'S DEDUCTIBLE function within Turbo Tax to assign
> the valuation to the list I have of pants, shirts, etc.

A photo is good in proving the condition of the clothing in
the photo. That, along with your list and a charity receipt
is all that's necessary.

FYI: If you can, date and time stamp the photos so that,
hopefully, they're done a day or so before the donation is
made.

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Paul Thomas, CPA
paulthomascpapc@bellsouth.net

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Posted by Andrew on February 5, 2007, 8:22 pm
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Paul Thomas, CPA wrote:

>> My sister donated a number of clothes that belonged to our
>> mother who passed away to the local hospital thrift shop.
>> They were all certainly in 'good' condition. We have the
>> receipt indicating that we made a donation, but it doesn't
>> state how much and - just a generic preprinted statement
>> saying "household items or clothing'). But of course, I do
>> have a list that we wrote so we could inventory what we
>> gave.
>>
>> My question - is this sufficient for the donation deduction?

> Yes.

>> I recently read in the paper we should either have a
>> photograph, or the charity itself indicates on the receipt
>> that the clothes were in 'good' condition. I had planned to
>> use the IT'S DEDUCTIBLE function within Turbo Tax to assign
>> the valuation to the list I have of pants, shirts, etc.

> A photo is good in proving the condition of the clothing in
> the photo. That, along with your list and a charity receipt
> is all that's necessary.
>
> FYI: If you can, date and time stamp the photos so that,
> hopefully, they're done a day or so before the donation is
> made.

Paul/Phil - thanks. My sister did indeed remind me that the
donation was earlier in the year. I did make photos of my
stuff I did as well on a second donation from my kids later
in the year, but it was no where near as much as my mother
who had passed away. Thanks again.

--
Regards -

- Andrew

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