Donating your car to a charity

Have You Ever Thought Of Donating The Vehicle To A Charity

Have you ever wondered how you can help children living in the U.S. who do not have access to enough food, clothing, education or health care for living? There are a number of ways you could help these children. You can provide services that the church provides to those people in need and voluntarily serve food or donate food or money to any of the organizations.

Have you ever thought of donating the vehicle to a charity? You might be the owner of an old vehicle that does not run anymore and has to be replaced by a new one. Donating a car to the charity has recently become a popular way to dispose of old and unwanted vehicle while getting a tax break at the same time. The car donation is much easier than what one might think. On your part all that you have to do is find out a local charity or you can search online for charity organizations that accept car a donation.

There are many charity organizations who accept vehicle as a donation. They have their own people to fix the car for resale. If the vehicle is not worth reselling, it is used for spare parts. Thus proceeds are made from the donated vehicle. It is a win-win situation where your old vehicle is towed away at no cost at all and you get some of your taxes deducted for donating in charity. The charity organization uses the proceeding from the vehicles to provide food to the hungry children of America.

If you are residing in Miami, you can think of donating to the Miami Rescue Mission. This mission works for those who are less fortunate than you are. You can fill up an online contact form at www.miamirescuemission.com and donate your car at any time. On the first Saturday of every month, the donated cars are auctioned and the proceedings go straight to the mission. You could also fill out the online donation form at cardonationwizard.com or miamicardonation.org. Once you fill out a form, a towing company contacts you to fix a time to pick up the vehicle at a time suitable for you. Upon completion of the donation, the organization issues you a receipt that you can use for tax deductible.

You need to check a few things to while donating your vehicle. If you have decided to donate your car to a charity organization, then search for one that bears the towing cost of the donated vehicle and ensure that the organization can legitimately accept your donation and also allow you to claim a tax deduction. Next, the fair value of the care should be determined. Get the car appraised by a certified professional if the value to the car in $5,000 or more. Once you have donated you old vehicle to the charity, make sure to take a tax receipt with your (donor's) name, the charity's name, federal tax ID number, date of donation and details of the vehicle donated, such as the year, make and model of the car. Lastly do not forget to inform the DMV and your car insurance company that you have donated your car.