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donating wedding flowers, is this possible?

Hi, ladies,

Hope you don't mind me asking sort of a wedding related question on here, but I thought I might have better luck finding an answer on this board. Did anyone donate their reception centerpieces after the wedding? Or have you heard of this being done? It would be nice to get a tax write off by donating the flowers to a non-profit place. I've read about this but I don't know what the law is exactly, if it's state specific, or where to find the info.

 Any info is greatly appreciated. 

Re: donating wedding flowers, is this possible?

  • You can certainly take them to a nursing home, hospital, etc.  We actually did this after my grandma's memorial service.  Someone from the funeral home took them to a hospital or maybe hospice.  He said they have voulenteers who take apart the arrangements & put them in vases for the residents.  Obviously we didn't want to display a funeral arrangement at hospice!   I'm not sure about the tax implications though.  There is a tax sub board on the Money Matters board.  Try asking there too.
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  • I've heard of someone doing this, however they had purchased 10's of thousands of dollars worth of flowers.  I don't know where they donated them or how they wrote them off.  You may want to contact an accountant to get all the details as for writing them off.  Your florist may even be able to give you information on it.

     Here is info I found from goggle.

    http://www.ehow.com/facts_5016163_wedding-expenses-tax-deductible.html

    The few things I read after googling it, made it sound like you would have to be the florist.  If you were a florist and did a wedding for free saying that you were promoting your business you could then write it off.

     HTH!

  • We did this. We took it to my grandmother's nursing home. Our florist talked with her accountant who said it was totally legal. We wrote it off not the florist since we were the ones who donated. I am not sure how much you get, but I am sure you get some. My parents did it so I would have to ask them about it. Plus we didn't need thousands of flowers at home so we figured we might as well decorate the nursing home.
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