"David Woods" <davidwoods[at]verizon.net> wrote:
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No, the 45 minute call only cost $20. It was the other 50 5
minute calls that did it. I can kinda see why she would not
want to tell someone calling her that she will call him back
on a land line for a 5 minute call; but for a 45 minute
call?! That's all.

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"Tim" <Tim5464[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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It would be a deductible out of pocket cost. I would
question though your plan where a 45 minute call costs you
$100.

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David M. Woods, EA, ChFC, CLU
Woods Financial Services
Norwood, MA 02062
www.woods-financial.com

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Tim wrote:

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It goes on Schedule A on the first line for contributions,
just as if you gave cash.

With that amount of expense in a single month, watch out for
the acknowledgement substantiation requirement of IRC
Section 170(f)(8). The Tax Court in 2003 extended this to
"out of pocket" expenditures for the benefit of a charitable
organization and did NOT treat them as separate but
aggregrated the entire year's spread together in determining
the $250.00 threshold that triggers the acknowledgement.

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I just got a $175 cell phone bill. It would have been $75
if my wife hadn't used it extensively as part of her
volunteer work as VP of a charity.

Can the $100 be deducted? How exactly?

I have read her the riot act; there is simply no reason for
a 45 minute cell phone when the land line is available.
Hopefully there will be no more $175 bills.

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