Um I dont think that is valid information, but I would check with a tax
advisor.  If you gave money to NPO and NPO put on the event that is tax
deductable.

If you bought the food and brought to the event that is 'possibly' tax
dedcutible.

Mileage for non profit work I believe is NOT deductible as well as time.
So if you go to an NPO event (say a tradeshow) you couldnt deduct your
mileage to drive there and deduct your hourly rate as a donation.

HOWEVER, if you drove there and gave NPO your gas reciept they could
reimburse you.  You could then donate equal money to them for general
purposes and have it be deductible. :)

Moral of the story.  Donate to the NPO. :)

-Derek

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Tom Achtenberg wrote:

> Yes, if the NPO puts on the event, "donations" to it are tax deductable as is milage driving to it.  Of course you need to check with your tax advisor.
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Todd Hought <thought@scudder-enterprises.com>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:35:21 -0700
> 
> I'm all for the pot luck thing, I might just bring ribs or some other of my 
> concoctions.
> Kiwanis park is a bit out there, I'm partial to the GCC location, or maybe 
> something downtown.
> if the NPO puts on the picnic, could everything be defined as a 'charitable 
> donation'? :-)
> -T
> 
> On Friday 03 August 2001 00:26, you wrote:
> > > The pot luck thing would be great. Hmm, maybe we should write a free
> > > software recipe database for the picnic... :)[1]
> >
> > I definatly think that we need to have some sort of page that lets people
> > get an idea of what types of things are already being brought.  Nothing
> > specific, I would just hate to see another pot luck like my last family
> > reunion where everybody brought a potato based main dish.  It was actually
> > kinda funny.
> >
> > Hans, the permagirf and I brought tortilla de patata, so you would have
> > been just fine hehehe
> >
> > Brian
> >
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