January 2005
The Internal Revenue Service is expecting more than half of US taxpayers to file their 2004 taxes electronically. Electronic filing gets refunds in half the time of mail in filing. OPFS encourages you to to have your money rather than giving the IRS an interest-free loan.

December 2004
Donations may be worth less in 2005. Under the existing law, a taxpayer is allowed to deduct the fair market value of the vehicle donated. That has made vehicle donations attractive because the fair market value is usually higher than the value one gets in trade at a car dealership. However starting in 2005 the law may change so that the taxpayer can only deduct what the charity actually gets for the vehicle.