CarDonors.com launches first nationwide directory of auto-donation programs
Site helps consumers avoid fraud, save tax dollars
Palmdale, CA (PRWEB) May 6, 2004 -– Donate your jalopy, take a hefty tax
deduction and help the underprivileged. What could be simpler,
right?
Wrong. With scam artists running rampant and the IRS poised to
pinch taxpayers who donate a Ford and deduct a Ferrari, the American taxpayer
needs all the help she can get figuring out car donation.
Enter
CarDonors.com, the first nationwide directory of auto-donation programs. The
free site features a state-by-state directory of donation programs with Web
sites, allowing users to easily find donation programs in their backyard.
CarDonors also features the most current new stories about car donation from
media sources around the country, an easy-to-understand section about relevant
tax laws and a robust area of commonly asked questions and about the process of
donating.
During the 2003 holiday season, CarDonors.com co-founder
Wilbert Hoffman was considering donating his own car to charity and said he
found precious little information to guide him.
"There were hundreds of
programs out there and occasional new stories about the subject," Hoffman said,
"but nothing definitive – no one-stop-shop that had all the information I really
need to know. It took forever to figure out which programs were legit, how much
money I’d really save and who would get my car."
Hoffman ended up keeping
his car, but he also began compiling information on donation programs, tax
benefits, scams and media coverage.
"There were plenty of 'gotcha' TV
news stories by consumer reporters, but very little follow-up," Hoffman said.
"We built CarDonors.com to provide some depth and to be one comprehensive place
that potential donors could go to find out anything they needed to know about
the process."
CarDonors.com also offers a $500 scholarship every three
months, for which high school seniors and current college students can apply at
the CarDonors.com Web site.
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