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Newest Posting: 27 January 2012

Why We All Need to Take a Ride on VolunteerSpot's #TinyCars Campaign

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, VolunteerSpot launched a “Tiny Cars” campaign to fight for support of H.R. 387: Charitable Driving Tax Relief Act of 2011. Passage would mean an increase of the measly $.14 per mile tax deduction rate for charitable driving unchanged by the U.S. Congress since 1997. That’s compared to the 50 cents per mile deduction for business use of a personal vehicle in 2011. And the new bill would also no longer count such reimbursement to volunteers as gross income.

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