Donations and Photography

[peppermintsky]

hello.
In the future, I would like to be able to offer around 5-10% of my photo session profits to varies organizations. Has anyone does this and know how it is done? Do you know what process is involved?

[tracknut]

Send them a check? Or perhaps I'm missing the point...

Dave

[peppermintsky]

basically,
in my package price I want to include that 5% of the profit is donated to an organization of their choice from my donation list.
I am guessing I will contribute the fund...but how will my client know I did this? Do my clients need any exemption forms?

[tracknut]

Ah. I would talk to your CPA, essentially you're asking who gets the tax deduction, you or your client? Presumably one of you does, but not both. When I've done similar things in the past, I've taken the tax deduction as I'm the one actually sending the money to the charity; I assume (but haven't checked) that the customers that paid me did not write off a portion of their photos, as from their perspective they paid the usual fee for photographic services (ie I didn't ask them to toss in an extra amount that I was simply forwarding to a charity on their behalf).

But ask your CPA...

Dave

[canonnoob]

basically,
in my package price I want to include that 5% of the profit is donated to an organization of their choice from my donation list.
I am guessing I will contribute the fund...but how will my client know I did this? Do my clients need any exemption forms?

check out my website: under services--> booster club program, and let me know if that is what you are thinking..