Looking for someone who could donate time in Paris to help a children's charity

[JDrozen Member Find all posts View Profile Close JDrozen]

I’m looking for help - does anyone have a timeshare in Paris that they’d be willing to donate to a children’s charity (I can tell you more information if you email me)? We need at least a 4 night stay to include in our Paris trip package. If you have a good exchange relationship with II and would be willing to donate your week, please let me know as well and we can discuss.

Time is of the essence, the event is on SATURDAY!!! PLEASE PM me ASAP if you are interested and able to help. Thank you!!!

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Last Minute PARIS. I don't mean to be abrupt but Are you mad?

Will watch the indies but I don't think this is happening via timeshare.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Maybe you would have more luck calling a major American hotel chain that has hotels in Paris. They might have a division that helps with charitable donations.

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

I’m looking for help - does anyone have a timeshare in Paris that they’d be willing to donate to a children’s charity (I can tell you more information if you email me)? We need at least a 4 night stay to include in our Paris trip package. If you have a good exchange relationship with II and would be willing to donate your week, please let me know as well and we can discuss.

Time is of the essence, the event is on SATURDAY!!! PLEASE PM me ASAP if you are interested and able to help. Thank you!!!

They're not asking for 'last minute' but they are asking for near impossible. The way I read it, their charity event/auction is this week, the travel package is for the future.

Anyone donating does need to know that the donation of the use of your timeshare week is not tax deductible.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

The bottom line, JDrozen, is that there are very few timeshares in and around Paris, and the quality of most of them is so unreliable that you would not feel comfortable sending someone there on a vacation.

[JDrozen Member Find all posts View Profile Close JDrozen]

Actually as a donation, the value of the use of the timeshare IS tax deductible. Not sure why you think it would NOT be deductible...

I didn't really expect this to come through, I knew chances were like 1 in 15 billion, but I simply had to take a shot...thanks lawren yet again hehe

Happy traveling to all!

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

Partial Interest in Property

Actually as a donation, the value of the use of the timeshare IS tax deductible. Not sure why you think it would NOT be deductible...

I didn't really expect this to come through, I knew chances were like 1 in 15 billion, but I simply had to take a shot...thanks lawren yet again hehe

Happy traveling to all!

and happy tax audit to anyone you give advice to!
Publication 526 (2007), Charitable Contributions

Partial Interest in Property

Generally, you cannot deduct a charitable contribution of less than your entire interest in property.
Right to use property. A contribution of the right to use property is a contribution of less than your entire interest in that property and is not deductible.
Example 1.
You own a 10-story office building and donate rent-free use of the top floor to a charitable organization. Since you still own the building, you have contributed a partial interest in the property and cannot take a deduction for the contribution.

Example 2.
Mandy White owns a vacation home at the beach that she sometimes rents to others. For a fund-raising auction at her church, she donated the right to use the vacation home for 1 week. At the auction, the church received and accepted a bid from Lauren Green equal to the fair rental value of the home for 1 week. Mandy cannot claim a deduction because of the partial interest rule. Lauren cannot claim a deduction either, because she received a benefit equal to the amount of her payment. See Contributions From Which You Benefit, earlier.

Exceptions. You can deduct a charitable contribution of a partial interest in property only if that interest represents one of the following listed items.

• A remainder interest in your personal home or farm. A remainder interest is one that passes to a beneficiary after the end of an earlier interest in the property.
  Example. You keep the right to live in your home during your lifetime and give your church a remainder interest that begins upon your death.
• An undivided part of your entire interest. This must consist of a part of every substantial interest or right you own in the property and must last as long as your interest in the property lasts. But see Fractional Interest in Tangible Personal Property, later.
  Example. You contribute voting stock to a qualified organization but keep the right to vote the stock. The right to vote is a substantial right in the stock. You have not contributed an undivided part of your entire interest and cannot deduct your contribution.
• A partial interest that would be deductible if transferred to certain types of trusts.
• A qualified conservation contribution (defined later).

For information about how to figure the value of a contribution of a partial interest in property, see Partial Interest in Property Not in Trust in Publication 561.

[JoeMid Banned Find all posts View Profile Close JoeMid]

and happy tax audit to anyone you give advice to!
Publication 526 (2007), Charitable Contributions

I'm not a tax expert and I don't play one on TV or TS4Ms but it sure looks like Spence is right!

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I'm not a tax expert and I don't play one on TV or TS4Ms but it sure looks like Spence is right!

I guess you like talking in the mirror.

[JoeMid Banned Find all posts View Profile Close JoeMid]

I guess you like talking in the mirror.

If you looked as good as I do, you'd talk to the mirror, too. Sometimes it takes a little of that to convince people that they have no idea what they are talking about. I feel sorry for anyone that JDrozen has given this advice to. It's not a felony but it's bum advice.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

If you looked as good as I do, you'd talk to the mirror, too. Sometimes it takes a little of that to convince people that they have no idea what they are talking about. I feel sorry for anyone that JDrozen has given this advice to. It's not a felony but it's bum advice.

I don't look as good as you do, I look better.

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

Exceptions. You can deduct a charitable contribution of a partial interest in property only if that interest represents one of the following listed items.

An undivided part of your entire interest. This must consist of a part of every substantial interest or right you own in the property and must last as long as your interest in the property lasts. But see Fractional Interest in Tangible Personal Property, later.
Example. You contribute voting stock to a qualified organization but keep the right to vote the stock. The right to vote is a substantial right in the stock. You have not contributed an undivided part of your entire interest and cannot deduct your contribution.

What's this part mean? When you look at a deed, it says you own "an undivided 1/52 interest...." isn't that this? OR you would have to donate it every year as opposed to just one year for it to qualify?

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

What that means is if you donate your timeshare ownership in full it is a charitable deduction. What it does not mean is that you may donate a week's usage and get a deduction.

Fern

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

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[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

What that means is if you donate your timeshare ownership in full it is a charitable deduction. What it does not mean is that you may donate a week's usage and get a deduction.

Fern

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