Car Donation Not always a satisfying trade

Once you promise your car donation, the charity organization takes the donor information over the telephone or in person and then handles all the paper work. Then they arrange pick up before staging an auction sale for the car.

You can donate the car to release yourself from the hassle of owning an old and useless vehicle. At the same time, you are contributing something to the society. Moreover, you can ask for a tax deduction during the submission of your tax paper.

There are charities that do a good job of selling the car on a fair market value; meaning you can receive a bigger tax deduction value for the car. Apart from the charities, there are processing agents, who also deal with used and old cars. They actually work on behalf of the charities.

Sometimes, donors face a nasty incident, even after donating the car months ago. Maybe, the person who bought the car from the charity parked it at a time restricted area and left it there for too long to force authorities to tow it away.

The MVA by mistake might issue the donor a citation. If anything like this happens to you, you should contact your charity as soon as possible. They will take care of it. This type of occurrence does not happen often, so do not worry too much about it. Just keep your charity's phone number and the receipt of the donation; so that you do not face any trouble in future. Read more...