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Original Message:

Re: tax question: donating a timeshare that I paid $1 for (by Don P.):

The IRS has gotten wise the the appraisal scam. You can only deduct the actual value of the item donated. It is your obligation to prove what the item actually sold for not some phony appraisal that anyone can pay someone to inflate.