Hi Martin, The sale of a donated bicycle is earned income, not a donation.
Karen
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Martin, Eric Vance evmartin@indiana.edu wrote:
Thanks everyone for responding.
My question is whether, in the U.S., you call the sale value of donated bicycles a donation or business income.
For example, if the former, it could contribute to meeting a public support test.
Of course we pay taxes on sales.
On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Angel York aniola@gmail.com wrote:
Assuming that you're run under a nonprofit, I think that if people give you bikes, those are donations. If people buy the bikes, I think that's a donation as well and I'm not sure they have to pay taxes. I would call the IRS to confirm. On May 23, 2015 7:33 AM, "Martin, Eric Vance" evmartin@indiana.edu wrote:
Clarification: I don't mean anything to do with sales taxes, which we pay on everything we sell. I mean, is this effectively a (cash) donation? Would it be evidence of public support for the IRS?
On May 23, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Martin, Eric Vance evmartin@indiana.edu
wrote:
People give us bikes, and we sell them. This is our main income.
Should we be treating this/reporting this as related business income or
as a donation (realized FMV of an in-kind donation)? What do you guys do?
We have a fiscal agent. Let's say the answer does not affect their
public support test.
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