Anita De Palma

If you donated a car this past year, you may be eligible for a donate a car tax write off on your next tax return. In order to receive a donate a car tax write off, you must have gotten a receipt from the place that you donated the car to and the charity must have been a nonprofit agency. You can not get a donate a car tax write off if you "donate" your old car to a car dealership in exchange for a lesser cost on a new car. In order to get a donate a car tax write off you must also create an itemized list of all of your tax writes on your tax return. This will require you to have kept pretty decent records of all of your expenses, donations, etc. Additionally, creating an itemized list of deductions can be very frustrating and many get discouraged and give up - forsaking any chance of a donate a car tax write off or any other write off that could have saved them a lot of money. If you do not want to create your own itemized list, you can always see an accountant or other tax

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