Donating Used Cars To Charity

When you decide yourself to donate your used car to a charity you need to select first the charity in which you are going to donate your car. Then you need to know the procedure, how to donate. That’s all, it’s so very easy.

There are lots of charities in America. The American Cancer Society is one of them. It supports life saving activities and programs for the people who are fighting with cancer. Cancer is a group of diseases when abnormal cells start growing inside a part of your body. It goes out of control and instead of dying the cells continue to grow and develop new abnormal cells. In a normal cell when DNA gets damaged the cell can repair the damage or dies. But in a cancer cell, the DNA gets damaged and could not be repaired nor does it die. The cell instead, makes new cells with the same damaged DNA that is not required. Thus cancer spreads.

You can choose The American Cancer Society to donate your used car. Donating your car can take part in saving the lives of a cancer patient. All you need is to contact the charity and fix up a schedule to donate your car. After contacting with the charity you will be advised to complete a form providing some necessary information about you and your car. You shall have to mention from where the car needs to be picked up. The charity will provide you a title. After the title has been received a schedule will be given for the car to be picked up within the next 48 hours.   

But before you donate your car you shall have to avoid the middlemen and contact directly with the charity. You should know how much value will get the charity from your car. If you contact a middleman he will get a major portion and the charity may be deprived. Further look on a factor whether your donation might not be qualify for a tax deduction. This is important. You shall have to know the position of your recipient. In order to be qualified, the charity should be an IRS approved 501(o)(3) organization. Generally the charity like The American Cancer Society qualifies.

As the car donation is presently understood, the process has become very simple to be benefitted for the car donors.

If a charity is found that they are dealing the transaction themselves, then it is possible for them to keep hundred percent of the profit. But it should be their program which you may not know.

But if the charity does not accept the donation directly then you may take time to find a charity who accepts the donation. As you are giving the donation for the benefit of the charity this should be kept in your mind not to give up the car away. So you should value your car properly.

One thing more is required to know that the car should be transferred to the charity in a proper manner. Moreover you need to complete the paper work accordingly. So a thorough documentation is required. If the value of your car is high then you should have an acknowledgement receipt for the same from the charity when you donate. Further if the value is double to your said amount then you should complete section A of IRS of Form 8283. This is required.