I have given a collection of new books valued at more than $5,000 to Goodwill. Goodwill is refusing to sign IRS Form 8283 that verifies my gift to it because it says by doing so it will be required to complete IRS Form 8282. Form 8282 requires Gookwill to identify the buyer of any part of the gift, in this case books, if the the book collection or any part of the collection is sold within three years of the donation. Goodwill is unwilling to complete Form 8282 because it will be impractical to track the sale of individual books from its stores.
Does the IRS really expect a donee, such as Goodwill, to track the sale of individual books that formed part of a collection gifted to it? This seems too burdensome.
