Who Taxes The Taxmen?

On Instapundit, Mr. Reynolds wants someone to ask John Kerry why his tax returns show an 85 dollar deduction for non-money donations to Goodwill. I'll provide an answer in a moment, but I think this is the image Mr. Reynolds wants to create: a frenzied Kerry, huddled over his receipts at the kitchen table, greed in his eyes, as he looks for any and everything possible that can be claimed as a deduction before the seconds tick away to midnight.

A more reasonable explanation: John Kerry pays an accountant to do his taxes. And as a seasoned political veteran, Kerry keeps sharp financial records, because he never knows when they could be called into question. Ergo, all his donations are cataloged and, come tax time, the accountant deducts them because that's his job. Would the crew at Instapundit have Kerry go through his tax form line by line, striking out any deduction deemed a potential "zinger" for conservative bloggers? What is the worst that comes out of this? The public knows that Kerry gave to Goodwill? Scandalous....