The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act that the President signed in September allows people to make a cash donation to deduct up to 100% of their gross income as opposed to 50%, which is the way it typically is. |
There have been so many national disasters and tragedies this year and people have been giving as much as they can, but we'll hope they'll consider this a time to give in addition, not instead of. |
We are seeing in 2005 about a 40% drop in vehicles being donated to Goodwill. And as I understand it, that's pretty typical around the country. |
We're redesigning the stores to make them more contemporary and more colorful for the people who purchase goods ... and [generate] more revenue for our job-training programs. |
We've seen our vehicle donation drop by over 40 percent this year, and it's all a direct result of the tax law change. |