[Nhcoll-l] collection assessments

[Barry OConnor]

Remember that there aren't any "standard" tax valuations for insect
specimens. The IRS only accepts "commercial value", so if the taxa in
question can be found for sale in a dealer's catalog, an appraiser would
have no problem. Otherwise, there is the value of the pins.
All the best! - Barry


On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Kevin Winker <kevin.winker at alaska.edu>
wrote:

> Ahh - okay. When a donor has wanted a valuation for tax purposes in our
> case the donor has found an independent evaluator. We can't provide those
> valuations. But I can see how it would help to know who to point such
> donors to.
>
> Best, K.
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Dennis R Paulson <dpaulson at pugetsound.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> Kevin, we have a donor of an insect collection who wants to know if they
>> can write off the donation for tax purposes. I know of other insect
>> collections where donors have done this, with specimens valued in the
>> neighborhood of $5 each by an assessor. I assume vertebrate specimens are
>> worth a lot more than that. I suppose the value should be the same whether
>> for insurance or taxes.
>>
>> So from what you say it appears that you actually designate the value of
>> your specimens. Are there any sort of published guidelines?
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> From: Kevin Winker <kevin.winker at alaska.edu>
>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 4:02 PM
>> To: Dennis R Paulson <dpaulson at pugetsound.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] collection assessments
>>
>> Hi, Dennis. It is commonly done for insurance purposes, but I haven't
>> heard of it for tax purposes. We do our own insurance evaluations.
>>
>> Best, K.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Dennis R Paulson <
>> dpaulson at pugetsound.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, all.
>>>
>>> I’m writing to ask if any of you have the name and email of one or more
>>> people who assess the value of collections for tax purposes. This is
>>> something we need this year for the first time. I don’t think I’ve seen
>>> anything about this on nhcoll before.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dennis
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>> --
>> Kevin Winker
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-So many mites, so little time!

Barry M. OConnor
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University of Michigan                  phone: 734-763-4354
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