The amount you will save as a result of your deduction depends on your income tax bracket. Before you make a donation, you should determine which tax bracket you fall into. Imagine the car you donate is valued at $1,000. If your tax bracket is 10%, then the value of the deduction will only be $100. If your tax bracket is 15%, then the value of the deduction is $150. If you don't know which bracket you fall into, you can check at http://individual.troweprice.com/public/Retail/Planning-&-Research/Tax-Planning/Prepare-Your-Taxes/Tax-Rate-Schedules. The IRS only allows you to deduct the fair market value of the donated car. Since most charities will sell the donated car, you won't know the actual market value until the charity sells it. However, before you make the decision to donate, get a good estimate of value beforehand. There are many car valuation services you can use. Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds are two of the oldest and most reputable, and they have calculators on their websites. When you estimate the value, the estimate must be for the same make, model, year, condition, and accessories package as the car you donate. In 2016, the standard deduction for a single person paying taxes in the US is $6,300, $9,300 for the head of household, and $12,600 for married couples filing jointly. If you don't itemize, you can deduct this amount automatically. In order to make itemizing deductions worth it, your total deductions need to exceed this amount. Review your previous tax filings to determine the projected amount of deductions for the current year. Therefore, the fair market value of your car, coupled with your other itemized deductions, must exceed the standard deduction in order to see any financial benefit from the donation. Even if you aren't able to deduct the donation from your taxes, remember that there are other psychological and societal benefits involved with charitable donations. Keep in mind that you could give the auto directly to a needy family in lieu of a charity.
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One-sentence summary -- Determine your tax bracket. Estimate the fair market value. Compare the estimated deduction to the standard deduction.

Q: If your tree is still young and has just been planted outdoors, it may be especially vulnerable to sunburn. Tie newspaper loosely around the trunk and large branches if you see signs of sun damage, or are living in an area with strong sun. Yellow leaves may be a sign of alkalinity, or too much base salt in the tree. Test your soil pH to confirm this. If the soil is too alkaline, apply an acidic (low pH) fertilizer and heavily wash the soil to leach out alkaline salts. Too much manure fertilizer, or manure applied during the dry season, can be a cause of alkalinity. Aphids are small green pests that feed on many types of plants. If you see them on your orange tree, wash them off with soapy water. Many other solutions are detailed in the Control Aphids article if this does not work. . Ants can be difficult to eradicate, but placing the pot in a larger container of standing water makes it impossible for them to get to it. Use pesticides sparingly and as a last resort, especially if the tree is bearing fruit. If possible, young trees should be brought indoors before the frost. However, if they are planted outside and you have no space indoors, you should wrap the trunks with cardboard, corn stalks, fleece, or other insulating material. Cover the trunk all the way up to the main branches. Healthy adult orange trees will rarely die due to frost, but they can experience leaf damage. Wait until spring to see which branches survive before pruning the dead ones off. Leaving fruit on the tree may reduce the amount the tree produces next year, although if you are only using fruit for home purposes an adult tree should produce more than you need. Some varieties, such as mandarins and Valencia oranges, alternate years of heavy production with years of light production. Fertilize less during the year leading up to light production, since the tree has lower nutrient needs.
A: Protect burned or withered trees by wrapping the trunk in newspaper. Test soil pH if the leaves are turning yellow. Wash off aphids with soapy water. Get rid of ants and other pests feeding on the tree Insulate trees that will be exposed to frost. Encourage fruit growth next year by picking all the ripe fruit this year.

Article: If you only hear from her when she needs help with her homework or a project, or she needs a ride somewhere, but she doesn't have time to talk to you or she's always too busy to hang out, she might be manipulating you and not truly interested in you. Relationships go two ways--one person should not always be giving or doing things for the other person and get nothing in return. While this means you two are close and she has genuine affection for you, it's unlikely she sees you as anything beyond a good friend. Saying you think of someone as a sibling is basically removing any romantic possibilities from the equation. Even if there's not a chance for romance, a girl who describes you this way definitely values your presence in her life. If you can hardly get a word in because she's talking about what she was doing last weekend, her plans for winter break, then gossiping about her friend, and she has yet to ask about your weekend, she's probably more into herself than she's into you. If you know all the details of her life but she struggles to remember even the most basic things about you, she's likely not interested in you, but she's probably not a very good friend, either. If she doesn't ask you a lot questions about yourself but she already seems to know a lot about you, then she's probably interested in you. It's likely she's been asking her friends about you and paying attention to the sports or clubs you are involved in. Try telling her something surprising about yourself and see how she reacts.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Be aware if she only talks to you when she needs something. Take the hint if she says you are like her brother. Pay attention to how often she asks you questions about yourself and how much she talks about herself.