When you’ve got an extra car or truck lying about with nothing to do, perhaps you can assist a veteran and her or his family through the Purple Heart Car Donation Program. Especially in a time of apparently unending war, it is easy to make the case that every American owes a veteran and […]

Prior to 2005, the ultimate use of a charitable organization’s car donation program had very little to do with how much you could expect to receive as a tax deduction. In fact, many for-profit organizations used the lure of deep (and often totally out of line) deductions to lure donors into supporting a charitable […]

Since the 2005 rulings that severely limited the amount of money that could be deducted for the most common types of car donation, non-profit organizations with an educational or a mission that includes the direct use of cars have had to come up with new sources of funding to make up for the loss of […]

Not all car donation deductions are created equal – there are even cases where donating an auto in good faith can actually increase your tax owed under certain circumstances. Like anything else involving the IRS, the burden of proof is upon you, so the more information and documentation you have to back up your […]