How do I Donate Cars for Massachusetts Charities?
If you live in Massachusetts and have a car that you do not want to sell or keep, you can donate it to a local charitable organization in your area of the state. You can find both local organizations and national organizations, such as the Big Brothers Big Sisters and Catholic Charities. You can even donate cars that are not running. Donating a car to a charitable organization in Massachusetts enables you to claim the donation on your taxes.
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Look for Massachusetts charities on the Charity Vault website (see Resources). If you find one you like, you can confirm its tax exempt status in the Internal Revenue Service's online version of publication 78 (see Resources). The organization must be tax exempt for you to get a tax write-off.
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Contact the Massachusetts charity to confirm that car donations are accepted and to see how the donations are taken. Some Massachusetts charities will come and pick up your car, while others require you to drop it off. Alternatively, you can go through an organization such as Cars 4 Causes, which picks up cars and lets you select a charity from a list of area organizations to benefit from your car donation.
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Take the car to a Massachusetts charity donation center or arrange for it to be towed by the charity. Sign over the car title to the Massachusetts charity. This transfers the ownership from you to the charity.
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Wait for a donation receipt to arrive by mail for your donation. The charitable organization will send it to you. You need to keep it for your taxes if you want to get a tax write-off for the car donation.
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Tips & Warnings
If your car is worth more than $5,000, you need to consult an appraiser to get an official appraisal for your tax write-off.
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