I have been working on a logo design for my church, and once that is finished I am going to redesign their web site. My church is a not-for-profit organization, and I am volunteering my services. It seems to me that I should get a tax credit for doing this.

The Pastor asked his Accountant about it, and the Accountant said I should bill them as a normal client then just donate the money back to the Church. That doesn't seem right to me, because if I do that, won't I have to pay taxes on that income?

Surely there is a way to just record my services as a donation from the beginning so I don't have to pay taxes on them.

If anyone has experience with this please help.

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North-central Florida Graphic Design, Web Design, and Search Engine Optimization

I think I figured it out. If anyone else wants to get a tax credit by donating their services to a church or another non-profit organization, just go to this IRS document:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1771.pdf

It's pretty simple.

There are more detailed laws about it in this PDF:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicm99.pdf

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North-central Florida Graphic Design, Web Design, and Search Engine Optimization