Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT & Combined Federal Campaign

["Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Religious groups do this all the time with limits.  Brother Stair will
promise to send you something for your donation of $20 or more.  Rest
assured if you send $19.99 and ask for the item you will not get it.

I do not know if this is a precedence or not (or an example we want to
follow).

73,
Joe
ka0yos@amsat.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hansen" <hansen@fredonia.edu>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT & Combined Federal Campaign


> At 12:34 PM 11/29/01 -0500, Arthur H Feller wrote:
>
> >Rather than SELL things, we have decided to SUGGEST levels of DONATION
> >associated with obtaining various items.  Using this process, money
> >received by AMSAT is a free will donation and is, therefor, not subject
to
> >sales tax.  You may contribute what we suggest or as much as you want and
> >it's USA tax deductible, if you deduct contributions.
>
> I'm not a lawyer, but I can't believe that this subterfuge would ever pass
> muster in a court.  If you receive something of value at the same time you
> make a donation, the only portion of the donation that will be deductible
> is the part in excess of the actual market value of what you received.
Any
> attorney's here care to comment?
>
>
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