Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

[Colin Holgate]

Would it need to be a charity? For example, when I do my taxes this time I'm going to be claiming the money I spent on the RunRev conference and on my complete license. Wouldn't the Kickstarter payment be a mixture of investment and product purchasing?


On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Not unless RunRev are a registered charity in the USA (not likely).
> 
> In fact, If I remember rightly, Kickstarter won't accept charity projects.