There are good car donation centers and there are some not so good ones you can donate your car to. In 2010, the attorney general for New York State launched an investigation into several possible "scam" car donation charities in the New York City area. One car donation center was actually shut down because it used less than two percent of the money from car donations for charitable purposes.
You can easily find out whether the car donation charity you are thinking about donating your car to is a good one or not a good one. You can check them out through the attorney general's office for your state. You can also check them out through the internet. With all of the really good car donation centers out there you can donate car to, there is no reason to choose any center that is not good.
Once you do find a good charity to donate car to, you will feel good about your decision. Your car donation will do a lot of good as well. If your donated car is in good condition, the charity may decide to use it themselves for their own charitable purposes. They may even decide to sell it to a person in need at a greatly reduced price or even give it them.
If your donated car is not in good condition, but is easily repairable the car donation center may repair it before they sell it. If your donated car is not easily repairable, the car donation center will sell it as it is. You can still feel very good about donating a car that is rusted or is basically junk. Since the price of scrap metal is up, the charity will be able to sell it for good money.
Most car donation centers sell all donated cars in the condition they are donated in. They do it because it is good for them. It is good for them because they do not have the expense of making repairs, they do not have any liability issues and they get the cash for the cars quicker. Improving their cash flow is a very good thing for the charity.
Another good thing about car donation is the good tax deduction you will get when you donate car. In general, your good tax deduction will be the amount the charity sells your donated car for or $500, whichever is more. However, if the charity uses your car, sells it to a needy person for an extremely low price or gives it to them, your good tax deduction will be the fair market value of the car.
There are a great many good things about car donation. You get rid of a car you no longer want or use. That alone is a good thing. The charity you donate car to will either put it to good use or get some good money for it which will help them do good things. You will also get a good tax deduction when you donate car. Car donation is truly all good.
Author Resource:
Karen Campese is the Co-founder and CEO of Cars4Charities, a not for profit car donation center. They have over 1,000 respected charities that you can donate car to. When you donate your car , you get a tax deduction and help a good cause
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