Nab tax deductions by donating cleared-out items to nonprofit organizations.

CNN: Decluttering before the New Year

No sooner are these sales finished than all the notebooks and pencils are cleared away and replaced by Halloween costumes, candy and other festive items, and Christmas merchandise fills up the aisles soon afterward.

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And most limit their announced sales to smaller items that lend themselves to bulk inventory that need to be cleared out.

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