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can capital expenses for volunteer purposes be deducted from income?
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costs for home / small business equipment under us$10,000 don't have to  be capitalized. they can be expensed (that is, claimed as an expense all in one year.)  unless this printer is one of those behemoths that collates, folds, staples, and mails medium-sized booklets, it cost less than that. keep track of your costs. ask the charity to pay you those costs for the product you generate, and then donate that amount of money back to them. this will be good for the charity because they'll correctly account for the cost of printing.
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