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From: rgc@raybed2.UUCP (RICK CARLE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC donations
Summary: is original purchase price deductable?
Keywords: donate IRS
Message-ID: <1313@raybed2.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 89 22:20:07 GMT
References: <1853@husc6.harvard.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass.
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In article <1853@husc6.harvard.edu>, kiely@lownlab.harvard.edu (James P. Kiely) writes:
> I am looking for a PC that wants to be donated to a church.
> :
> I believe that the "fair market value" of the machine is deductible

I think you can deduct the original purchase price, fair or not.
Am I right?
Would you take a TRS-80 Model I (w/2 floppies)?

	Rick Carle, rgc@raybed2.ray.com