GuySrinivasan comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong
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He may be referring to the practice of being paid for work, then giving it back as a tax-deductible charitable donation. My understanding is that you can also deduct expenses you incur while working for a non-profit - admittedly not something I can see applying to accounting. There's also cause marketing, but that's getting a bit further afield.
In the one instance of a non-profit getting accounting work done that I know of, the non-profit paid and then received an equal donation. Magic.
This is exactly equivalent to not paying, which is precisely the IRS rationale for why donated services aren't directly deductible.