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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Office of Letters and Light

1 January 2012

Our eleventh charitable organization is Office of Letters and Light. I’m guessing the name doesn’t ring a bell. But maybe these names will: NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and Script Frenzy. NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy are both projects of the Office of Letters and Light, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California. NaNoWriMo, the [...]

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Is Stripping Art?

30 March 2009

A New York judge seems to think so. Administrative Law Judge Catherine M. Bennett has ruled that the eloquently named Nite Moves, a strip club in Albany, NY qualifies for the “dramatic arts” sales tax exemption under New York tax law. Why? The choreography, of course. It takes a simple stripper and makes her an [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: Donating My Art

13 April 2007

Taxpayer asks:  Last year I donated a painting that I created to our local church.  I sold a similar painting through a gallery around the same time for $1000.  Can I skip an appraisal and just use that the value for my charitable deduction on my tax return? Taxgirl says:  Around this time of year, [...]

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