Comments on: Seven Tax Mistakes You Might Make, Part 2

By: real people, real finances

real people, real finances — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:49:02 +0000

Oh, and for number 4. We actually let the neighborhood know when we are going to take things to the goodwill. It’s amazing how many people are lazy and don’t want to make the trip. We just add the value of their stuff to our tax deduction.

By: real people, real finances

real people, real finances — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:47:07 +0000

Sometimes things are more important than the money – I’d say that number 1 falls into that category.

By: FMF

FMF — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:47:59 +0000

Re: #4 : When we donate items, we get a receipt and detail the items given on Excel. Then we staple them together and put them in our tax file — nothing lost or forgotten.

By: Will Kirby

Will Kirby — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:56:11 +0000

I know that tip #4 really catches a lot of people. It got my dad a few years ago when he did some after Christmas cleaning and donated some things shortly after the first of the year.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:45:11 +0000

Unfortunately we can’t act on tips #3 and $4 anymore, since the cutoffs for those would’ve been 12/31/05. Good to keep in mind though!