ILLMAS Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Here is an idea from another forum I participate in: There is a cost associated in running a website we (the members) don't see, Erc has done a great job running this website and I wanted to suggest to Erc to create a sticky to allow members to donate $5, $10, $15 etc... to help maintain this website. Once a member makes a donation, they get a banner under their profile to show they are a site supporter. You can write off the expense as a membership or subscription (check with your tax preparer jk). Does anyone else agree with this to help out Erc? MAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windmill Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Great....after a tax season, I have donated to ERC...well worth it. thanks ERC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljwalters Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 They are precious, Congratulations. Good luck on th sleep Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Great idea. I like it. I don't care so much about the recognition, but if it will serve as a reminder to myself and others to keep contributing, then it will be a good thing. Also, my tax advisor says it is definitely deductible - he told me while he was trimming my hair yesterday. But just to be sure, I'll get a second opinion when I go for an oil change later this week. Can't be too careful in this regulatory environment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxCPANY Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 NO, MAS; no 'merit badge' should be awarded to those of us who donate to Eric's site. That would conflate a hideous perversion of our professional collegiality with merely mercenary measures. I for one don't post here for the deduction -- tho, of course, I claim it; but, rather, I do it to 'pay forward' the nuggets of wisdom which I harvest here and, perhaps-too-rarely, contribute to the rest of you. I would like to continue seeing this unique site remain as welcoming to piss-poor, first-year students & practitioners as to its mega-earning gurus. Eric is welcome to inferentially 'shame' my lapses by requesting contributions to his endeavor, whenever his budget bodes woe; but, in all cases, those of us who kick-in only should take comfort implicitly/out of a sense of duty or something synonymous with what *drives* us to serve our clients. None of us should need further recognition for solving our clients' tax problems than our solutions -- and the checks we get each time we 'do right.' Our chat-group truly is real, but it is not a 'reality-show' by which our performances should be 'rated' by *anyone* except our fellows -- as has been happening for years before your suggestion. Most expansively, philosophically, & truly yours, TaxCPANY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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