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Earn Tax Credits on Your Car Donations

08th December 2009
By Urmann in Taxes
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Looking for something to do with your old cars that seem useless for you? Try to donate them to charity institutions and make great tax returns out of it. There are lots of charity institutions that accept your car donations.

Cars are very useful and convenient means of transportation. There are responsibilities entailed to its purchase. Buying a car requires a person to pay taxes. Most people tend to change their cars after five to ten years. People go with the new styles of cars just like going with the newest clothing fashion. What will you then do to your old car?

Some people choose to resell them to those who want to buy secondhand models. Others will opt to donate them to their relatives or other charity institutions. The owner is taxed every time he resells or donates cars. But there are ways where he can have tax credits for his old cars instead.

One way of having tax credit for your old cars is donating it to your favorite charity institutions. Your tax will be reduced when you donate your car to selected charity institutions. Choose the charity institutions that accept car donations. Aside from the tax reduction benefits, you will also be helping the needy. It will be assuring that your car is left in good hands.


You can get rid of your old cars in a fast and easy way by donating them. You will not need an advertiser to promote your old car. You change the lives of the people who need transportation badly.

It is not just about the money always. Sometimes it feels good knowing that we were able to help in our own way. This is true especially when your car is still in good running conditions and you see that the recipient is very happy with it.

The institution may find your car very useful in their business dealings. They can use it to deliver things for their charitable activities. It can also be resold through an auction, and the profits will be added funds for their noble purposes. Auction prices are generally results to higher profit such that most institutions take this route.

The proceeds of selling your older car can go to the operations of the charity like giving food or clothing to the family that they supported. Parts of the proceeds may go to the medical fees incurred. We all know that a charity uses electricity and water to keep their institution working. The institution may use the proceeds for these matters. There are also other institutions that use the suction proceeds to build new buildings and houses for their charity operations. There are lots of things that can be done to your car donations.


Many institutions accept car donations. One recommendation is the American Red Cross. Car donations help in their medical missions for them to provide more health services. The Boy Scout sectors, Diabetes Associations and many other organizations accept car donations. There are other charity institutions in the world that accepts car donations.

There is also an institution that accepts car donations to help street children be put to school. They give shelter to these orphans and take care of their tuition fees to give them a brighter future.

Try this route next time you think of disposing your car to find one. You get reduced taxes while being able to help at the same time. Tax credits are a way of affirming the kind action of the previous owners, and also to encourage others to donate cars also, since transportation is very important to charitable institutions to go about their everyday works.

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