Car Donation Scams: 5 Ways to Avoid
Are you thinking about donating a car or truck to charity for a tax deduction unfortunately some of the so-called charities that dominate the airwaves internet and billboards are nothing more than wolves and sheep's clothing they operate very profitable businesses by taking in car donations and selling them at used car auctions or a scrap-metal sure they donate a portion of their profits to charity they have to in order to keep their charity status with the IRS but the percentage they donate to charity can be surprisingly low sometimes as low as 1% . Here are 5 steps to take to make sure your tax-deductible vehicle donation goes to a worthy charity and not a scammer and if at the end you decide that worthy charity is Volunteers of America who are we to argue number one cut out the middleman make sure you're donating your car directly to a charity and not to a middleman questionable charity car donation programs are almost always middlemen who take your donated car se