non-members are allowed to have shelves.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:25 PM, rkt88edmo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rkt88edmo@gmail.com">rkt88edmo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I do tax work for a living but don't specialize in indivdual taxation<br>
and am not a member but have been to the space.<br>
<br>
Since you didn't receive any goods or services from Noisebridge that<br>
aren't available to the general public you do not need to reduce your<br>
charitable donation deduction. �I wouldn't bother with assigning shelf<br>
space a dollar value unless "Noisebridge-the-official-legal-entity"<br>
makes a policy to do so or you really feel that it really is of<br>
substantial monetary value.<br>
<br>
Given the full membership rate I would encourge anyone who itemizes<br>
their deductions and who will deduct their Noisebridge membership dues<br>
to document the transactions and obtain the tax ID number of<br>
Noisebridge. �Even better would be a letter or receipt from<br>
Noisebridge with letterhead stating it is 501(c)3, including the TIN<br>
documenting amount of cash or cash value of property contributed;<br>
which I would hope you could obtain be if you do-ocratically drafted<br>
it yourself and present it to the treasurer via email or at a meeting.<br>
�If you did either of those I doubt any CPA would have trouble with<br>
you taking the donation.<br>
<br>
I can answer questions offline if you have any.<br>
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