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The Loading Dock, Inc.
2 North Kresson Street
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-558-DOCK (3625)
fax 410-558-1888
Are You Planning a Major Renovation,
House Demolition, Deconstruction or Salvage?
The Choices
The Benefits
Tax Information
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Will you consider donating the materials you are removing?
You can save dumping fees, get a tax deduction, build customer good will and help the environment.
Here's how to donate by calling The Loading Dock donations department with a list of materials to be donated, and an approximate date when the materials will be delivered, or to request a pick up date.
It's your choice, pay to dump, or take a tax deduction.
Demolition -The act or process of wrecking or destroying.
Demolition has traditionally been the method by which homeowners and contractors removed houses and buildings.
Deconstruction -To save from destruction or waste and put to further use.
Deconstruction involves carefully dismantling a building and removing the parts that can be re-used. Materials coming from deconstructions often includes, but is not limited to, lumber, doors, windows, toilets, electric service boxes, insulation, light fixtures, cabinetry, hardwood flooring and more.
Salvage -To save from loss or destruction.
Salvaging or soft stripping is an important part of the deconstruction process and crucial in assuring that materials can be reused once they are removed.
Deconstruction and Salvage
- Are environmentally friendly.
- Reduces the waste going to landfills.
- Provides materials for housing and community improvement.
- Provides the donor with a tax deduction.
- For deconstruction projects donors often receive a tax deduction
which brings their deconstruction costs in line with demolition.
Environmental Benefits
Between 65 percent and 85 percent of construction debris winds up in landfills. The EPA estimates that more than 136 million tons of construction and demolition debris is generated each year. While much of that is used material ripped from existing structures, it also includes new items hauled away from construction sites.
Economic Benefits
The economic benefits are realized through tax deductions to the donor and delivery of affordable building materials to help build communities.
Community Benefits
The Loading Dock provides a warehouse and distribution center, allowing contractors and individual renovators to bring in used materials that are then redistributed.
Items donated to The Loading Dock are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by the IRS and under the following guidelines: The Internal Revenue Service Code prohibits our organization from placing a value on your donated materials.
Donations Under $5,000
The Loading Dock will provide you a letter itemizing your materials donated.
Donations Over $5,000
Generally for donations that exceed $5,000, you must have a written appraisal by a certified appraiser.
The Loading Dock will provide you a letter itemizing your materials donated.
You or your tax preparer must fill out IRS Form 8283, and submit it for the appraiser to sign Section B, Part III, and TLD will sign Section B, Part IV.
This information is provided for general purpose only. It is the donor's responsibility to know and follow all relevant tax laws and requirements. Contact your tax advisor before materials are removed.
