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Old 08-16-2006, 02:43 PM
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Default Re: Freecycle or Garage Sale

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Originally Posted by pearlieq
Goodwill. Get rid of it, support their valuable work, and get a tax receipt!

Unless you have a lot of big-ticket stuff, you'll make more on the tax deduction than you would on the garage sale.
We were thinking of the Goodwill idea. Exactly how do you price things when you do this. We have tons of baby clothes that we are ready to move out, but a garage sale seems to be a ton of work. The haggling annoys me when it is a $2.00 item and they ask for $.50 off, while they are driving an SUV.

We are in the 15% tax bracket after all deductions and I figure we can/should be better off donating items vs garage sale.

What can you deduct if an outfit is legitimately $24.00 at the store? Can I put $24 on the receipt or just the $2-3 we might get?
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