Last purchase in 2025?

[Lawrence]

Anyone looking at a last minute 2025 purchase for tax deduction purposes?

[GR Baumann]

For 2025, the deduction limit is $2.5 million, with a phase-out threshold of $4 million (indexed for inflation). Qualifying items include machinery, computers, desks, and certain vehicles.

[Thomas Mavian]

Not for tax purposes per se but I bought an alto sax. Haven't played for 40+ years but eager to take it up again. Arrives on Friday.

[Lawrence]

Not for tax purposes per se but I bought an alto sax. Haven't played for 40+ years but eager to take it up again. Arrives on Friday.

Wow, that’s fantastic!! I hope you get much enjoyment from it.

I wish I played sax -it would spare people from the horrible noises I make trying to simulate one

Me, I’m considering the Barbarian Cello from Loot Audio-sounds very good to me in walkthroughs. I don’t think I need another cello (or anything really) but….(sigh.) Anybody have that one? Talk me out of it.

[Lawrence]

For 2025, the deduction limit is $2.5 million, with a phase-out threshold of $4 million (indexed for inflation). Qualifying items include machinery, computers, desks, and certain vehicles.

Have you spent your 2.5 million yet, Georg?

[soundbylaura]

$1000 in chemo for my cat.

[Geoff Grace]

$1000 in chemo for my cat.

I'm sorry to hear this, Laura. I hope that the cancer will go into complete remission.

Best,

Geoff

[weseb]

The nine-dollar Cuatro + Charango combo from Loot won't help me much with taxes, but sounds pretty good (well, I haven't actually tried them yet, but they'll surely be worth the price, anyway).

[Lawrence]

$1000 in chemo for my cat.

I'm sorry to hear this, Laura. I hope that the cancer will go into complete remission.

Best,

Geoff

. Ditto that.

[soundbylaura]

Thanks all. He is doing well so far. The doc is pleased. He had some ice cream today and is napping now.

[progger]

Poor kitty, I'm glad he got a treat!

My last big order went in a couple days ago, a Jupiter XM, which I really look forward to exploring properly. I borrowed one from a friend for a few days and it's a wonderful synth, very rugged construction and brilliantly made. I'm looking forward to getting acquainted with it and working it into local gigs.

[My name is Nobody]

Acoustic samples’s Vhorns & Vbrass….since I had the Vwinds earlier this year that play and sound so good I couldn’t resist.

Prob won’t help with taxes..

[capecomp]

VSL vouchers

[Lawrence]

Acoustic samples’s Vhorns & Vbrass….since I had the Vwinds earlier this year that play and sound so good I couldn’t resist.

Prob won’t help with taxes..

I probably should have gone there. I skipped the Barbarian cello, a little expensive for what my needs are.

Happy New Year!

[GR Baumann]

Have you spent your 2.5 million yet, Georg?

4 million Larry, Lebanese pound.

[Tobias Escher]

My last minute impulse purchase was a iPad Pro for dealing with sheet music. 3 Choirs, tons of organ gigs, I'm drowning in paper I have to carry around.
Hopefully this will restore some of my sanity

[Daryl]

I'm ashamed to say that I spent £££££££££££££££££ just to lower the tax bill for last year. I feel so dirty.

[Erik]

Lasts purchases were a pad for my daughter - she’ld like to play drums so let’s try a training pad, 1st.
And a Stylophone CPM-DS2, a drone machine that is a little box of endless fun !
A drone machine with 2 oscillators with continuous morphing between wave forms, 2 subs, 2 filters (HP-LP), an LFO with 14 waveforms and 2 taps, which means it alternates between 2 sets of waves. You can route it/them to modulate each osc and each filter.
At the end, you have a delay (noisy, oldy, fun, mono and LFO modulated is you so wish) and a stereo reverb with 8 very efficient algos.
I have much more fun with it than with my Polybrute12.
Sure, you have to enjoy droning as a requirement !