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To: carl a. mehr who wrote (27764)	8/3/1999 2:10:00 AM
From: djia101362	Respond to of 74651

Carl, without going overboard on this subject and for fear of losing my job from giving too much free advice LOL, charitable contributions are limited to either 20%, 30%, or 50% of your adjusted gross income depending upon the type of property donated as well as the type of organization you donate it to. As for your reference to the alternative minimum tax, you are correct in that contributions of appreciated property is no longer a tax preference item but I don't believe the AMT is an issue due the limitations mentioned above. In your stated example of contributions used to offset substantial capital gains, this could never happen under our current tax system. Remember folks, it's never too late to buy msft!!