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admin · 06-14-2006, 10:23 PM

We are not trying to do this to get a tax writeoff, in fact, we did not even think of the tax writeoff possibility when we started this. This is an effort of YorkieTalk trying to give something back to the breed we all love, Yorkies. We asked members for organizations that were worthy of a group effort by our community, and several people mentioned UYR, which is the organization we decided to help. We are not making any member donate at all, we simply wanted to make a concentrated group effort for the benefit of YORKIES. It is a VOLUNTARY act if you wish to donate to UYR via YT as a group. We have emailed UYR about how the tax exemption part works and if they can separate the amounts or not, but they have not as of yet responded to our question regarding the donations. If they do respond, we will be sure to update this thread, as we do not know how they handle that or what kind of tax deduction receipt or slip they have.

It's rather sad that people are making this out to be some kind of deal where YT benefits from this. This is NOT the case. Any member can donate directly to UYR if they wish to. ALL donations (minus any Paypal fees) will be sent to UYR at the end of the month, or the first week of July. We are not TAKING ANY MONEY from any money that is donated towards this effort. Also, every single amount that is donated is posted in the second post of this thread. It's incomprehensible for us to think that anyone would believe we're doing this just to gain a few hundred dollars of tax credit or to defraud anyone. The Paypal fees we simply can't avoid, thus there is a net amount listed after Paypal fees.

We will take a picture of the cashier's check going to UYR. As an incentive, YorkieTalk is matching contributions up to $250.00, which has already been met. We didn't even have any idea of any potential tax benefits of this effort, but we are happy that many members have already contributed. But we would like to see more people donate if they are willing, as every dollar will go to help Yorkies. We are simply trying to do a GOOD THING here as a Yorkie community.

06-14-2006, 10:23 PM	#31
admin *Administrator* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,246 Blog Entries: 3	We are not trying to do this to get a tax writeoff, in fact, we did not even think of the tax writeoff possibility when we started this. This is an effort of YorkieTalk trying to give something back to the breed we all love, Yorkies. We asked members for organizations that were worthy of a group effort by our community, and several people mentioned UYR, which is the organization we decided to help. We are not making any member donate at all, we simply wanted to make a concentrated group effort for the benefit of YORKIES. It is a VOLUNTARY act if you wish to donate to UYR via YT as a group. We have emailed UYR about how the tax exemption part works and if they can separate the amounts or not, but they have not as of yet responded to our question regarding the donations. If they do respond, we will be sure to update this thread, as we do not know how they handle that or what kind of tax deduction receipt or slip they have. It's rather sad that people are making this out to be some kind of deal where YT benefits from this. This is NOT the case. Any member can donate directly to UYR if they wish to. ALL donations (minus any Paypal fees) will be sent to UYR at the end of the month, or the first week of July. We are not TAKING ANY MONEY from any money that is donated towards this effort. Also, every single amount that is donated is posted in the second post of this thread. It's incomprehensible for us to think that anyone would believe we're doing this just to gain a few hundred dollars of tax credit or to defraud anyone. The Paypal fees we simply can't avoid, thus there is a net amount listed after Paypal fees. We will take a picture of the cashier's check going to UYR. As an incentive, YorkieTalk is matching contributions up to $250.00, which has already been met. We didn't even have any idea of any potential tax benefits of this effort, but we are happy that many members have already contributed. But we would like to see more people donate if they are willing, as every dollar will go to help Yorkies. We are simply trying to do a GOOD THING here as a Yorkie community. Last edited by admin; 06-14-2006 at 10:30 PM.