All you cell phone guys:

I was told that there are programs out there for turning in old cell phones and getting a charitable donation receipt to be used as a tax write off...

I know Verizon does this and I am told the Salvation Army does this too..

What is the max I can get for my phone, does make/model matter?

 

the people who collect them dont know the value..so just get a blank recipet for your donation and fill it in for like 300

 

unless you are itemizing other stuff, don't bother. You can't claim it unless all your itemized items exceed your default deduction.

 

...I will be itemizing this year, between all my professional expenses, and loan payments, and whatnot - Itemizing outweighs the standard deduction

 

I just give my old phones to our local church.
They distribute them to seniors to use for 911 emergencies.
A phone doesn’t need an active plan to dial 911.

I never bothered to break down the actual value to use as a deductible.
But if you have even an ounce of honesty in you, I don’t think it should be more then like 25-bucks.