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The bottom line is AOPA writes off a value of the airplane
and all of the other contributers write off the value of their
donations on their taxes. The IRS passes it on and guess
what, if you are the lucky winner, you are it. Just a good
example of how the cost of government is pushed down
the hill to the little man.


Tax-exempt organizations like AOPA don't really "write off anything" for
tax advantage, since they pay no tax. A vendor may contribute say
avionics to get advertising value out of the promotion, but their tax
deduction is only the manufacturing cost of the avionics. IOW, your tax
analysis is not even close to reality.

Fred F.