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Committee Says Donors Exaggerate Value of Artwork

By Elizabeth Schwinn

The Internal Revenue Service's Art Advisory Panel has recalculated the value of hundreds of pieces of artwork for which deductions were claimed by taxpayers who donated them to charities or left them to heirs.

As it has in the past, the advisory panel found that many people exaggerated the value of paintings and other items contributed...

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