for what it’s worth…

for years i have brought bags and bags of clothing to goodwill, collected my donation receipt only to throw it in the trash for not knowing what my donation was worth. for some reason, probably because i am in real need of tax deductions, i thought to check with goodwill to see if they had some way of calculating a value that won’t get me audited.

low and behold…. there was a comprehensive list of donation values.

so, today i took about an hour and a half to go through my bags and count it all up. 3 large trash bags and one box… are you ready? drum roll please….

$492.88 [!!!!]

well, of course i made a spread sheet – *here you go!
knock yourself out (or at least your taxes)
ok, you go – how are you making the most out of your tax deductions?

*(and, of course… if you use the spreadsheet double check with goodwill to make sure the values are up to date. you’ve been advised.)

Tags: charity, money, taxes

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2 Responses to “for what it’s worth…”

mandythompson Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
OH! Dang. I forget that Goodwill does that.
hmmmm…. Will need to remember when we move from seminary and hopefully downsize!

ps: you’re on my blogroll!

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Rachel Says:
November 21st, 2008 at 2:48 am
wow! that is incredible. i have always thrown my reciepts away from there too. I reckon’ I’ll be hanging onto them now. Who would’ve thought that three bags would be that much of a write off.

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