A Great App for Tax Time!

As many of your know I love Goodwill.  They are efficient and their stores are usually organized and their employees are super nice and have superb customer service.

No wonder it's my first choice when I drop off my client's donatable items.

It's a huge plus for client's to see their unwanted clothing and accessories, kitchen items, books, and electronics going to a new home that will no longer be considered clutter!

Here is a list of things you CAN donate.

But those donations are tax deductible.  The most donated items that I haul for my clients is clothing. Did you know that you must only claim the fair market value of the clothing which is normally far less than what you paid for it.  Here is some info directly related to how to determine the fair market value.

To better assist you with keeping track of what you've donated Goodwill now has a great app that will help you determine the fair market value and store your donation receipts for your tax preparer at the end of the year.

It's called Mobile GoodWill and is available on both Apple and Android

Click +Add Receipt

Select the category of the donated item; I picked clothing

I picked Women's

Here are the options under Women's Clothing

I picked accessories

Once you tell the app how much you have it automatically tallies it up

So that's it!  Happy donating and staying organized, productive, and dexterous! 😉

Get ready for Spring Clean-out for the DIY!

You know who you are. When you want something you want it done yesterday.  But did you know in order to get a free donation pick up from +DCGoodwill you need to schedule it about 8 weeks out?  So you know what that means?

Imagine this scenario: It's mid-April and weather starts to break, the sun shines and you want to get started on planting your spring perennials.  But you notice your garage is cluttered and so is your basement. The itch has begun.  The Spring-cleaning itch. Suddenly you decide you have a ton of donate; a sofa, 8 bags of clothes, a box of old electronics, and who-knows-what-else but you drive a two-door sedan.  Yikes. So you call up Goodwill and they tell you that you can get a free pick up and they are booking for June.  Are you serious?! But it's April! you reply.  Yep. They're serious.  So avoid any @!#&* on your part!

If you're looking for a free option to haul away your junk and you know you're gonna get the itch.  You better book your Goodwill pick up like...(looks at watch) NOW!  Here are 5 easy steps:

1. Fill out the form
2. Check out the things Goodwill won't take
3. Sit and wait.  Goodwill will call you in about 5 business days to set up your pick up.
4. Let the Spring Clearing itch hit; or better yet put a couple dates on your calendar to go through the back of the closet and the untouched places of your house and car and start labeling what's donate.  If you need help with the sort, schedule an appointment with us.
5. Make sure you set your donate in one central location for the day of pick up.  Generally in the driveway, garage, or somewhere on the first level of your home. 

If you're into convenience however you can pay. Goodwill DC has partnered with a junk hauling company that will remove your junk future treasures, out but for a fee.

You can of course hire Dexterous Organizing and not only will you have a partner to help you get your spring-clean out itch stretched but we'll bring our team of experts, from organizer and junk hauler to handyman and closet systems, to help you every step of the way so you'll not only clean out but maybe even implement a new system and get a great deal on a garage system installed so next spring's clean out might not be so daunting!

What are some things you plan on getting started on for a spring clean out? Share your ideas below in the comment section.  If you know of someone who is in need of a kick-start to spring cleaning please share with them or your audience on social media!