The Charity Deductions software couldn’t be much easier to use. Users simply enter the list of items they donated, and they receive an accurate fair market value for every single item. Their charity donations are combined with any other deductions they claim to yield the most optimized return possible. In the past, the company sold over 50,000 licenses each year. With new legislation in place, they expect an increased demand from taxpayers searching for ways to maximize their itemized deductions. “It absolutely automates the process of giving,” says Tom Dembinski of San Diego, CA, who has used Charity Deductions software since 2007. “I used to spend hours sorting my receipts, assessing values and creating lists. Now the software puts all of that on automatic pilot.” Charitable giving is important to Dembinski and his wife: every year they make considerable cash and non-cash donations to a variety of their favorite charities. But, Dembinski says, “We want to be good stewards and smart donors.” “The software,” he adds, “allows me to ethically and legally work within the freedoms and constraints of the tax laws.” Dembinski and his wife don’t anticipate the tax laws affecting their charitable giving. They have eliminated some deductions,” he says, “but I will continue to tailor my giving to fit the cards I’ve been dealt by the new tax bill.”