How to donate a car in United states (Charity)

The car donation process is very simple,

1) Decide which charity you wanted to donate.
2) Do a background verification of the charity as there are lot of scams going around and make sure       you are dealing with a proper charity.
3) Call to the charity so that person from the charity will come and pick up your vehicle.

Import steps to be considered while donating to the charity by IRS

1) Note if you will receive a tax benefit for donating the car(The charity/organization you donate must be qualified under IRS terms. 501(c)(3) organizations are the common types for which you can avail a benefit.

2)The actual amount that the charity sells your car is the amount which you can claim for tax exemption.

3)Ask the charity/organization of what purpose will the car be used.

4) Which programme or services of the charity/ organization will use the fund from the sale of the car.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TAX RELATED MATTERS READ THE IRS GUIDE            IRS GUIDE


5) Check the IRS website for list of organization or charity institution which are recognized.
     Religious organizations are not listed in the IRS website, in case if you want to know more about        those organization, contact the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in your location
    If you still have doubt means, Forbes ranks United States top 200 largest charities

   Additionally you can search for tax exemption and charity organization in IRS website

Tax write - OFF

6) IRS has clearly mentioned, how much you can write of towards your donated cars. You can only         claim the amount for which the vehicle is sold or the fair market value.

Procedure to transfer from motor vehicle department

7) For transferring the vehicle to charity , you need to complete few process with the State's motor         vehicle division.
                Few of the process are mentioned below

  •      completing a title transfer
  •      Cancelling your registration
  • completing a notice of transfer/release of liability form


These steps will differ from one state to another state in US
you can check your DMV status here for specific requirement and details
In addition you will also need to cancel you car insurance policy

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