<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Hal Duston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hald@kc.rr.com">hald@kc.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Regardless it is irrelevant, since nobody would be expecting to<br>
receive a tax deduction for a charitable-donation when giving<br>
things to the group.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>However, a business might well give us things of value for the advertising value, like when a radio station has tickets to some event coming up they give to Caller #3. The people putting on the event are not seeking a charitable deduction, but forego receiving any money for the tickets in exchange for the DJ talking about the event. <br>
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