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Title: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: AtomSmasher on May 04, 2010, 08:37:56 pm
http://www.wolfire.com/humble (http://www.wolfire.com/humble)

Pay what you want for 5 indie games including World of Goo.

The Humble Indie Bundle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Aw5C7WQ6g#ws)
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: opt2not on May 04, 2010, 10:17:43 pm
World of Goo, Aquaria, and Gish are worth this bundle!

Not to mention, pay what you want to go to charity!   :applaud:
$132,455 raised so far, top contributor gave $500.  Yay tax right-offs!
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 05, 2010, 12:04:26 am
Thanks for the link.
Donated. Awesome!
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: knave on May 05, 2010, 12:51:34 pm
I picked it up too. thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: danny_galaga on May 06, 2010, 04:40:14 am
World of Goo, Aquaria, and Gish are worth this bundle!

Not to mention, pay what you want to go to charity!   :applaud:
$132,455 raised so far, top contributor gave $500.  Yay tax right-offs!

You know if you donate $500 towards something, you don't get $500 back from the government, right?
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: drventure on May 06, 2010, 07:49:25 am
True, but charitable contributions are a +credit+, not a deduction, as far as I know. That means they directly reduce your tax amount, not your net taxable income. However, I'm not an accountant so I might not have that exactly right.

But generally, I believe charitable contribs reduce your tax amount much more than standard deductions.
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: opt2not on May 06, 2010, 01:54:34 pm
It also increases your karma points. ;)
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: knave on May 06, 2010, 05:51:03 pm
Wow! World of Goo is totally addicting! Of course I had heard of it but I fired it up last night and next thing I knew it was 2am.  ;D
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: danny_galaga on May 07, 2010, 09:00:58 am
True, but charitable contributions are a +credit+, not a deduction, as far as I know. That means they directly reduce your tax amount, not your net taxable income. However, I'm not an accountant so I might not have that exactly right.

But generally, I believe charitable contribs reduce your tax amount much more than standard deductions.

Point is, it may reduce your taxable income, but a lot of people seem to have the idea you get it all back. In which case, everyone would donate a million bucks to their favourite charity...
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 07, 2010, 09:20:53 am
a lot of people seem to have the idea you get it all back.

Who are these people? They're complete idiots. I've never heard of anyone thinking that.
Title: Re: Humble Indie Bundle
Post by: opt2not on May 07, 2010, 11:36:06 am
You know if you donate $500 towards something, you don't get $500 back from the government, right?
I think he's implying that I was saying that, which I wasn't. I figured this statement didn't need a retort, because like Ginsu said, I've never heard of someone thinking that either.