Qualifying Organizations. For any volunteer expenses to be deductible, they have to be for a qualified charity recognized by the IRS. You'll have to itemize your deductions to claim any volunteer expenses, and you can't claim any deductions for expenses you were reimbursed for. The expenses have to be directly related to the volunteer activity -- and only related to that activity.
A smartphone that can be used as a compass because of the magnetometer inside. A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions, or points. Usually, a diagram called a compass rose, shows the directions north, south, east, and west on the compass face as abbreviated initials. When the compass is used, the rose can be aligned with the corresponding geographic directions, so, for example, the N mark on the rose really points to the north.
northâ¢west. 1. a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbr.: NW. 2. a region in this direction. 3. the Northwest, a. the northwestern part of the United States, esp. Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.