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Message 1152285 - Posted: 15 Sep 2011, 1:24:33 UTC

Can any of our electric bill be used as a tax deduction for volunteering?
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Message 1152300 - Posted: 15 Sep 2011, 3:21:11 UTC

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Message 1152305 - Posted: 15 Sep 2011, 3:48:00 UTC - in response to Message 1152285.  

Depends on who you ask and if your accountant is shady or sneaky.

But the law, as it is written, does not allow for your electricity to be written off as a donation - at least that's what my previous employer's very expensive CPA informed me when I inquired about it.
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Message 1152309 - Posted: 15 Sep 2011, 4:15:52 UTC

Yep, just cash.

As long as it is $10 USD or other ways Mr K has suggested.
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Message 1152654 - Posted: 16 Sep 2011, 5:39:57 UTC

Though one of the sneaky work-around methods that I've read about before was some provision that could possibly be used in the colder months.. the heat generated from crunching can count as "alternative heating methods" or something like that and be counted, and it's not some really simple number or percentage that you can claim, either. It was a lot of variables and generalizations, and had a very high probability of an audit flag.
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