MAG, I hashed through it once before on one of these threads--the way I see it, I'm at an age where enough people have died that I've inherited so much stuff, to say nothing of all of my own stuff I don't need any more, that I can donate stuff this way for some time to come. Might as well. Put it back into circulation and maybe get back a refund, or at least, avoid having to pay taxes over what was already withheld. But you're right, you have to use the long form and form Schedule A & B to itemize deductions to take advantage of this.

SRS