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Politics

Vote Yourself a Tax Deduction

Often, Election Day means going into the booth and vote for a candidate you feel may be the lesser of two evils.  If you have a car you do not need, you can vote yourself a tax deduction of at least $500 on your itemized federal tax return if you donate car to charity. You do not even have to pull a lever or mark a spot. It is already there for you.

If your car is in good condition, most charities will gladly take it. What they do with it is another story. Some charities will use the car or give it to a needy person. The majority of charities sell all donated cars. Many of those send all car donations to auction. If the price of the car does not exceed the auction fees, the charity will have to pay the difference. In that case, the charity will lose money on the car donation. 

Unfortunately, there are many charities that will only accept your car for donation if it runs, is in decent condition and is less than ten years old. Fortunately, one car donation charity will gratefully take your car no matter how old it is or whether it runs or not. That charity is Cars4Charities. They do not discriminate. They only ask that you have a title for your car or have some proof that you are the owner, have not taken parts out of it, and have it in a place where a tow truck can easily get to it.

When you donate your car to Cars4Charities, you will get a tax deduction on your itemized federal tax return of the greater of $500 or the amount they are able to sell your car donation for. Cars4Charities will also provide you with the forms you will need to file with your taxes in order to claim your valuable tax deduction.

Cars4Charities has a most impressive mix of charities you can donate car to. If your interest is in helping charities that provide International aid, you can donate your car to Aid for Haiti, Doctors Without Borders, Food for the Poor, Freedom From Hunger, Helen Keller International, Partners in Health, the Smile Train, TropicalClinics, etc. If you prefer to help fight disease or aliments, you can donate car to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, the American Foundation for the Blind, the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, the American Parkinson Disease Association, the Arc of Massachusetts, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Autism Speaks, the Brain Trauma Foundation, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Cancer Research Institute, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, the Lam Foundation, the Kelly Heinz Grunder Brain Tumor Foundation, the National Association for Down Syndrome,  the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, etc. If you favor helping locally, Cars4Charities has hundreds of local homeless shelters, food banks, hospices, etc. that you can donate car to.

For complete details on how to donate car, please call Cars4Charities at 866-448-3487 or go to their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/ .

Non-Profit

Top Ten Reasons to Donate Car to Charity

There are a lot of ways to get rid of a used car. You can trade it in at a car lot, you can sell it, you can junk it, or you can donate car to charity. There are many good reasons to choose car donation. Here are the top ten:

10.   You will not have to trade your car in for another one or argue with the car dealer over the trade-in amount.

9.      You will not have to pay to advertise your car for sale

8.       You will not have to sit at home and wait for interested buyers to call or come over to look at it

7.       You will not have to repair your car to make it easier to sell it. Cars4Charities will accept your car donation whether it runs or not.

 6.     You will not have to call the junk yard to come to pick it up.

5.      You will not have to pay for car insurance or registration fees anymore; in fact you may a rebate back on them.

4.   You will get free pickup.

3.   You can donate your car online any time at http://www.cars4charities.org/.

2.      You will get a tax deduction of at least $500.

1.      You will help support a very deserving charity.

Cars4Charities has an extremely impressive list of charities you can donate car to. That list includes International charities like Food for the Poor, Freedom From Hunger, the Fund For Peace, Helen Keller International, Partners in Health, the Smile Train, TropicalClinics, etc., National charities like the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, the American Foundation for the Blind, the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, the American Parkinson Disease Association, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Autism Speaks, the Brain Trauma Foundation, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Cancer Research Institute, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, the Lam Foundation, the National Association for Down Syndrome, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Teach for America, as well as many State and hundreds of local charities like food banks, homeless shelters, and various other fine charities.

You will find complete details on how to donate car by going to http://www.cars4charities.org/ or by calling Cars4Charities at 1-866-448-3487 (GIVE-4-US).

Automotive

The Cost to Fix My Car is Just Too Damn High!

We have all probably been there; you bring your car in to the shop for what you think is a minor repair, then the mechanic comes to you and says the car needs expensive work.  Your reaction is to scream, “The cost is just too damn high”? Now what do you do? Well, you have a few choices.

You can pay the piper and get your car fixed. The question, of course is;”Is it worth it?” If the answer is; no or probably not, then there are some other things you can do with your car. You can trade it in for a new or better used car. Unfortunately, you may not get a particularly good trade in amount for the car if it needs significant repairs. You will have the same problem if you try to sell your car privately by advertising it the paper or online. It is extremely difficult to get a decent price for a car that needs repair. Even if your car is drivable, you have a legal obligation to tell the prospective buyer of any problems it has. If your car is really in bad condition, you can probably get a few dollars for it from a local junk yard.

If you itemize on your federal income tax return, you will get at least a $500 tax deduction if you donate your car to a charity. Sadly, many charities will not let you donate car if it does not run, is in poor shape or is over 10 years old. Fortunately, one charity; Cars4Charities does not care how old your car is, if it runs or what condition your car is in; they will proudly accept it as it is. Their simple requirements are that you have a title that is free of liens for your car, that the car is not stripped of any of its parts, that the tires are inflated and that the car is parked in a place where it can easily be towed.

Cars4Charities is recognized by the IRS as a 501 (c) (3) charity. Therefore, you be assured that they will handle your car donation properly and professionally. In return for your charitable contribution, you will get you a tax deduction of $500 or what Cars4Charities sells your car donation for, whatever amount is greater. They will also provide you with the forms you will need to submit with you taxes so that you can claim your valuable tax deduction.

Cars4Charities also allows you to donate car completely online at any time through their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/. This option greatly lowers their expenses enabling them to give more money to the charity you choose from their list of participating charities. It is also far better for our environment because it reduces the use of paper and other consumables.  If your car is in poor condition, Cars4Charities will make sure it is recycled properly.

For complete details on how to donate car, please contact Cars4Charities through their website http://www.cars4charities.org/ or by calling them toll free at 1-866-448-3487.

Financial

Got a Tax Problem? Here is One Solution

If you have an extra car and are looking for a way to reduce your income taxes, here is one recommendation.  You will get a tax deduction of $500 or more when you donate car to charity. Sadly, many charities will only let you donate car that is running, is in decent shape or is less than 10 years old. Cars4Charities does not care what condition your car is in; they will gratefully accept it no matter what shape it is in, how old it is or if it does not run. They only require that you have a title free of liens for your vehicle or some other proof that you are the owner, that your car is not striped of any parts, that the tires on your car are not flat, and that it is parked in a place where a tow truck can easily get to it. Cars4Charities will pick up your car donation fast and free, too!

In return for your charitable contribution, you will receive a tax deduction of $500 or what Cars4Charities is able to sell your car donation for, whichever amount is greater. They will also provide you with all the forms you will need to file with your taxes so you can claim your valuable tax deduction.

Cars4Charities also lets you donate car at your leisure online through their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/. This option greatly lowers their expenses and is beneficial for the environment since it reduces the use of paper and other consumables. You can donate your car to any of hundreds of very deserving charities at Cars4Charities, including many local food banks, homeless shelters, hospices, etc.

When you are ready to donate car, please contact Cars4Charities at http://www.cars4charities.org/ or call 1-866-448-3487. They will gladly explain the entire car donation process to you and provide you with prompt and professional service.

Environment

When You Go Green, You Will Get Some Green

Your extra car will help your finances, your community and our environment when you donate car to charity. Besides helping to support a very good cause when you donate your car to charity, you will receive a tax deduction of $500 or the amount the charity sells your car donation for, whichever is more.

Cars4Charities will proudly handle your car donation for you and have your car donation picked up fast and free. They will then sell your car donation for the highest price possible, send you all the forms you will need to file with your itemized federal tax return in order to claim your valuable tax deduction, and send the proceeds to the charity you select from their extremely impressive list.

That list of deserving charities includes International ones such as Helen Keller International, Partners in Health, the Smile Train, Freedom From Hunger, Food for the Poor, the Fund for Peace, TropicalClinics, Aid for Haiti, Doctors Without Borders, etc., National charities such as the American Foundation for the Blind, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Autism Speaks, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the National Association for Down Syndrome, the Brain Trauma Foundation, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Teach for America, the Cancer Research Institute, the National Coalition for the Homeless, etc., as well as many State and hundreds of local charities such as food banks, homeless shelters, hospices etc.

At Cars4Charities you can donate car online at your leisure through their website http://www.cars4charities.org/. This option significantly lowers their expenses allowing them to send more of the proceeds from the sale of your car donation to charity. It is also much better for our environment because it reduces the use of paper and other consumables. 

Unlike many car donation charities, Cars4Charities allows you to donate car that no longer runs, is more than ten years old or is in very poor shape.  If your car is in very bad condition, Cars4Charities will see to it that it is properly recycled.

Complete details on how to donate your car are available at the Cars4Charities website, http://www.cars4charities.org/ or by calling them toll free at 1-866-448-3487 (GIVE-4-US). They will proudly explain the entire car donation procedure to you and provide you with prompt and professional service.

Automotive

Don’t Get Stranded With Nothing but Spam and Pop-Tarts

It will not be long before the cold winds of winter will start to blow. Before they do; you’ll want to get your car “winter ready”. Otherwise, you might end up like those unfortunate travelers on that cruise ship; stranded in the middle of nowhere with nothing but Spam and Pop-Tarts. 

First, you need to check your car battery. Extreme cold weather will rob it of much of its cranking power. If it is more than a few years old, you may need to replace it. Next, check the antifreeze in your radiator. You can buy an inexpensive tester at your local auto parts store. The tester will tell you if you have the correct amount of antifreeze. Of course, if your system has not been flushed in awhile, now is a good time to do that. Then, check your tires. If your tires are worn or you have high performance tires, you should replace them with snow tires. Also, make sure you maintain the proper amount of air in your tires. Cold weather will make the air in your tires contract resulting in them being soft if you don’t keep checking them.

Now is also a good time to change the oil in your car. Many car makers recommend using a thinner motor oil like 5W-30 during the winter months because it circulates better at colder temperatures and helps to reduce engine wear.  In addition, you should check your belts and hoses along with your brakes, heater, headlights and brakes lights, etc. to make sure all are in working order.

Once you have gotten your car ready for the cold, snow, ice and wind that winter brings, it’s time to stock it with all the items you will need to help you get through them. Those items include an ice scraper, a snow brush and small snow shovel, bag of sand or cat litter, road flares, jumper cables, blanket, etc.

If you don’t have confidence that your car will get you safely through the winter, now is the time to do something about it. You can spend a lot of money repairing your car, but that might not raise your level of confidence. You can attempt to sell your car. That might be difficult since the chances are good that if you don’t think it will survive the winter neither will a prospective buyer. You can trade it in towards a new or newer car. Unfortunately, if it is not in good condition, you probably won’t get much for it. You can avoid all that aggravation by logging onto http://www.cars4charities.org/ and donating your car to charity.

Cars4Charities will gladly accept your car in virtually any condition as long as you have a title, have not stripped parts off of it and have it parked where a tow truck can easily get to it. When you donate your car to charity, you get a tax deduction of the greater of $500 or the amount your car donation is sold for. No muss, no fuss! If you prefer to speak to someone in person, just call 866.448.3487 and they will be happy to give you the donate car details.

Non-Profit

Don’t Be Shy, Give Car Donation a Try

Have you been thinking about what to do with an extra car you no longer want or need? If you have considered car donation, but worried that the process is too complicated or that your car won’t qualify, there is some good news. Donating a car to charity is not hard or stressful; in fact it is quite easy.

Cars4Charities will gratefully accept your car donation no matter how old it is, how banged up it its or whether it runs or not.  They only ask that you have a title free of any liens for your car or other proof that you own the vehicle, that your car not be striped of any of its parts, and that your car is located in a place where it can easily be towed. Cars4Charities will pick up your car donation for free, too!

In return for your generous donation, you will get a tax deduction of the larger of $500 or what Cars4Charities manages to sell you car donation for. Cars4Charities also has a wide variety of much respected charities that you can donate car to. Some of those charities you can donate car to include A Home Away From Homelessness, the American Foundation for the Blind, the Arc of Massachusetts, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation, Autism Speaks, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Cancer Research Institute, Canine Assistants, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Food for the Poor, Freedom From Hunger, the Fund for Peace, Helen Keller International, The National Association for Down Syndrome, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the New Jersey Association for the Deaf, Operation Hope, Partners in Health, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Sunshine Ministries, Teach for America, Tropical Clinics, Wayside Waifs, and hundreds of other fine charities.

Cars4Charities makes the whole car donation process so easy that you do not even have to make a phone call. You can actually donate your car online anytime through their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/.  If you prefer the more personal approach, please call Cars4Charities at toll free at 1-866-448-3487 and they will gladly explain the entire car donation process to you.

Non-Profit

The Phrase No Pain, No Gain is Not True for Car Donation

The expression; no pain, no gain is not true for car donation.  Donating a car is incredibly painless if you do know how to do it properly. If you have an extra car, you will get a very valuable tax deduction when you donate your car to charity.

The amount of your tax deduction will be determined by the fair market value of your car and what the charity does with it. If the charity sells your car donation, you can claim $500 or the amount they sell your car for whichever amount is more. If the charity keeps you car, gives it to a needy person or sells it to someone for much less that its value, you can claim the fair market value up to the amount you paid for the car. You should consult with your tax advisor or the IRS for complete details.

At Cars4Charities, you can donate car at your leisure by going to their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/. You can also donate car that is over ten years old, is in poor condition or no longer runs. Your car donation will be picked up fast and free too! And, Cars4Charities will give you all the forms you will need to file with your taxes in order to claim your important tax deduction.

Cars4Charities has one of the largest selections of deserving charities you can donate car to. Their list includes International charities such as Food for the Poor, Freedom From Hunger, the Fund for Peace, Helen Keller International, Partners in Health, the Smile Train, TropicalClinics, etc., National charities such as the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Foundation, the American Foundation for the Blind, the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Autism Speaks, the Brain Trauma Foundation, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Cancer Research Institute, Canine Assistants, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, the Lam Foundation, the National Association for Down Syndrome, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the SASS Foundation for Medical Research, Teach for America, as well as many State and hundreds of local charities such as food banks, homeless shelters, hospices, etc.

Please contact Cars4Charities at http://www.cars4charities.org/ or call toll free 1-866-448-3487 when you are ready to donate car. They will gladly walk you through the entire car donation process and provide you with outstanding service.

Environment

Is There is a Green Way to Donate My Car?

There are thousands of charities that will be happy to allow you to donate your car to them.  Unfortunately, only a few charities will handle your car donation in a green or environmentally conscience way.

Cars4Charities is one of those environmentally responsible charities. They will handle your car donation in way that is best for you, the charity and the environment. This is how they do it the green way;

Cars4Charities does not to pollute the airwaves with annoying radio ads. They also do not waste paper, ink, or other consumables on billboards or print ads. All those ads are quite expensive. They have to be paid for from the proceeds received through the sale of donated cars. Most donors want their car donation to support the charity, not the car donation company or others!

Cars4Charities lets you donate car anytime at your leisure through their website, http://www.cars4charities.org/. This option greatly lowers their expenses. It also significantly reduces the use of paper and other consumables thereby making it far better for our environment.

Cars4Charities re-uses the useful parts of older, non-working cars and recycles the rest in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations. All other donated cars are sold to licensed car dealers. Those car dealers are required to make sure the cars pass all inspection and emission standards before they are sold to the general public. The better a vehicle runs, the less it pollutes our environment.

Cars4Charities never uses any gimmicks like “free” vacations, hotel or travel vouchers to entice you to donate car. They do not use these gimmicks because “free” is never really free, there is always a catch.

You only have to contact Cars4Charities when you are ready to donate car by going to their website http://www.cars4charities.org/ or by calling them toll free at 1-866-448-3487.  You will not hear any hype; you will simply get honest and professional service.

Non-Profit

Some Very Good Car Donation Advice

There are a lot of good reasons to donate your car to charity. You get rid of a car you do not need, you get a tax deduction of $500 or more and you help a needy charity. It should be very easy and it is easy if you know how to do it properly.

Before you just hand over the title to your car to a stranger, you need to do some research first. Find out what the charity will do with your car donation. Most donated cars need a lot of expensive repairs. For that reason most charities sell car donations. If the charity you choose uses a car donation center, ask them how much of the actual sale price of your donated car the charity will receive.  The term “net sale price” means the actual sale price of your car minus the auction fees, selling fees, or other fees charged by the car donation center. In some cases, these fees will be more than the selling price of your car. If that happens, the charity you donate your car to will have to pay the car donation center the difference and will lose money on your car donation. You will not know if you do not ask them!

You should also make a copy of your cars title and make a record of the name and phone of the towing service assigned to pick up your car. You should also mail the title directly to the charity. It is safer for you to have the title in the hands of the charity rather than the hands of the towing service. If you have to give it to the towing service, make sure your only give it to them after you receive your receipt. Never, ever just leave the title in the car! If you do that, you may never get a receipt and in that case you will not be able to provide proof of your car donation.

You should remove your license plates and any stickers on your windshield of your car if you live in one of the many states that require you to do so. In those states, you will not be able to cancel your car insurance until you have returned the license plates to the Department of Motor Vehicles or transferred them to another car. You may also receive parking tickets from the next owner if you forget to remove the stickers from your car’s windshield.

You also need to keep all the correspondence between you and the charity. If you do not keep that correspondence, you will not have any record of your car donation and the IRS may not allow you to claim a tax deduction for your car donation. 

The donate car process will be a lot easier if you educate yourself a little first. Avoiding the pitfalls of the car donation process are more that worth the time you will spend on that education.