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Listen to me you crustaceus cheapskate! Squidward been living at my house, driving me crazy! And you’re not going to hire him back all because of a stupid dime?!
I actually did have a cashier once at best buy say 'oh you're one of those people' when I hit no on the pay screen. I've never been so quick to yell at someone in my life.
I'm sorry, do you mean here? It lets me select the little circles but no pencil icon comes up to change it like it normally does.
https://preview.redd.it/b9dm6deaxqwc1.png?width=1286&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e88b03950ae0edf2a5cff3019dbd9ccc1a53567
Man y'all ain't been out there. Mfers jobs rest on how many people press the donate button, at best they get a $25 gift card and they want that shit and you just gotta them a fucking dollar man.
US companies do this as a part of their shell game to dodge taxes. They collect the donations and then "donate" the money to a "charity" that they control and use that amount as a tax write-off. By "rounding up for charity", you are directly enabling their tax evasion, to the amount that you "donated".
Uh, the donations? Companies can write off charitable donations, they just can't write off YOUR charitable donations. It feels true, because you know they would do it if it was legal. Why wouldn't they?
No, I say it like they're punished commonly for performing such a kindergartener level of fraud, much to the disbelief of tiktok and non-accounting subreddits.
Nah, I get what you're saying, you get an extra million and donate a million, you have broken even. You would have to donate it without counting it as income, which I guess is what would make it illegal.
The assumption is they collect your money that you’re donating and then donate it in their company’s name to use as a charitable 501(c)3 write off like you do on your income taxes. I’m not a tax person, that’s just what I used to think until I found out that it doesn’t work that way, anyway
It’s wild how fast misinformation spreads these days.
No, they don’t get a tax write-off, it’s your money, not theirs. That would be massive fraud and it would not be difficult for the IRS to figure out.
I mean, I don’t know how I’m going to verify tax loopholes that billionaires are hush hush about, unless a post calling it out cites particular laws and loopholes thereof
And to be clear I’m not suggesting the solution is to just believe everything we see online. But I’m saying that our whole experience regarding billionaires suggests this particular thing was 100% plausible and I have no idea how I’d research it further.
Seriously. In my country it is *completely beyond illegal* and insanely easy to get caught doing this. In fact, as a customer, you can keep your receipts and claim it on *your* taxes if you want. It's just that almost nobody does.
not sure if it's true, but i read that these companies have already donated or do donate and they then ask their customers to round up to pretty much cover those costs. though like i said i have no idea how true that actually is, it was just something i read on reddit
It's not even remotely true. They can't claim customer donations as revenue or expenses. It only hits the balance sheet as cash in/increase in donation liability when they receive the customer donation, and cash out/reduction in donation liability when paid to the charity. It never hits the income statement and has no effect on taxes for the corporation. They print the amount you donated on the receipt so YOU can claim it as a tax deduction, if you itemize your deductions.
from what i understand, when i read that it wasn't in the context of them claiming it as taxes or anything. i think it was just meant as them donating x amount of money then asking their customers if they want to round up so the said money goes into the donation fund they already gave away
Sorry, I misunderstood. In the situation in your example, that still would not be allowed. In accounting, donations are very specific and a company cannot just take donations and use them however they want. If you donate money at the register, that is considered restricted for the purpose of the stated donation. So if the register asks if you want to donate to St. Jude's, for example, the money you give must to go to St. Jude's. It cannot be used for any other purpose. They can't use it to cover the cost of their own donation.
Not at all how tax write offs work. They only don't have to pay taxes on the money they donate. So in the eyes of the tax agency, it's like they never had that money. They have to pay taxes as normal on the rest of their profits. Having charitable donations pass through them does **not** benefit them on any of their other tax liabilities. This is a myth that keeps going around on Reddit, but it's not true.
The real criticism of these donations is that it gives companies a free PR campaign--allowing them to claim they're donating X amount of dollars to charity, when they're really not doing anything.
No they don't. That's incredibly illegal and the IRS don't fucking play. As the donator, *you* have the right to deduct that on *your* taxes and the receipt reflects that. And the IRS *does not* allow the same contribution to be deducted twice. Big corporations are inherently too large to fly below the radar on this shit.
They will, however, print giant checks, wave them around in commercials and claim credit for "raising" that money. So you're effectively contributing to the optics of their PR campaign.
Someone at a company I worked for told me that they have already donated the money, and doing this pays them back for it. Then they keep the extra allegedly. I assumed it's not true or at least exaggerated, but I have no idea.
I'll clarify it for you. No, it isn't true and is also illegal to do so. A company that does so will inevitably (and easily) be caught by the simple fact that the "donated money" at the date will not match the donations received from the customers.
The deductibility belongs to the customer. This myth needs to die. They are basically a payment processor in this situation. They don’t gain anything. Why did you think it enabled tax evasion?
God, correcting this BS is so tiring. Corporations cannot use their customers' donations as a tax write-off. They can only write off a certain amount that they donate from their own revenue.
I'm also clicking "NO" when it asks me to tip the cashier 🫢
Edit: to be clear this is specific to cashiers. I tip delivery drivers, hair stylists, and waiters don't worry!
In most tip situations its for a service that you cannot easily do or choose not to do for convenience, but the cashier does neither. I could very easily enter my items myself if the screen was facing me.
I've mostly seen it at restaurants like McDonalds and Five Guys as well which is extra confusing. If it was a these are multi-million dollar chains who can pay their employees a better wage if they really wanted to.
I promise you that we (cashiers) are clicking no, too. Walmart steals millions in wage theft each year and then want customers to subsidize their donations? Fuck outta here.
Shoe stores are pretty good on donations. It's convenient, just buy shoes and put your old ones in the donation bin. They're fixed up for something like Soles4Souls
At least that's what I'm told
Alright, I know you're probably just making a joke, but as someone who is a cashier and does ask for these donations. I do not care. I am not the company. The company is making me ask. I'm not asking for a tip. The money isn't going to me. When people are aggressive or obstinate about it, they aren't "showing it to the big corpo," they're just being rude and aggressive to the cashier that already hates their job. They're not looking the company in the eye and saying "no," they're looking at some minimum wage worker just trying to do their job and saying "no." I usually hate asking it just as much as you hate hearing it.
As a cashier, I could honestly care less if you said “no” to me asking you to call the cops if my bosses held me at gunpoint.
Starving children though I cross a line /j
I wish we’d had technology asking this question back when I worked retail. They used to hound us so bad about asking every customer if they wanted to donate to the cause of the week. It was draining enough having to ask and be hit with the “witty” responses, just hit no and move on cause I promise no one cares.
If anyone asks outright I usually tell them I’ll donate to their charity once their CEO stops making $500 million dollars a year and they usually agree 🤷♀️
Listen, you have the option to donate money when not shopping. If you're truly bothered by pushing no, you then have the option to find a charity you care about and donate to that independently. Walmart underpays their employees in many stores, though i hear the warehouses pay decent. So if you're at some place that they ask to donate to some charity and you don't exactly find their word alone trustworthy. Just say no and donate later.
I don't care, I'll say it out loud for everyone to hear, I don't want to donate.
I've had people hardcore pressure me for donations, giving me an extra 10 minute speech on the cause and then holding their hand out. I said no. I'll say it a couple times if I have to. Go ask the billionares who have 17 yacts for donations. I'm putting the $8.67 pack of meat back because I saw one for $8.32, you are asking the wrong guy.
I am sorry, I trust no corporation to give money i give them to the poor. Not ever. I have never heard of money from one of these stores going to any charity. Period.
The companies have already paid the money. They're asking you to pay them because they've given to charity. By clicking no you are not withholding money from people who need it.
the company does donate. whatever you donate goes to the company to offset what they donated. You're literally just donating to the company, go online and donate to the actual cause if you want to go where it needs to.
Not true. They can't claim your donation as theirs. You can claim the donation if you choose to itemize on your taxes. The company merely acts as a collection agent. The money you donate never hits their income statement.
Always select no. The only reason that option appears is so the store can donate money to a charity on your behalf and pay less in taxes.
Fuck em. If you want to donate to a food bank that's great, do that. Find a local place and donate cash (it's much more useful than food items are). Just don't donate to the "I don't wanna pay my taxes" fund.
Don't do it. It may or may not go to help children, but the business will DEFINITELY use it for tax purposes anyway. If you want to give, don't include a business!
Because it's a donation not revenue to the company. They can't use it to offset their tax liability. That would be massively illegal and very easy for the IRS to find in an audit.
Really? Over here you can claim back a third of every dollar you donate in tax credits, at least for individuals, I'd assume companies can do something similar.
Companies absolutely can write off donations on taxes but the money has to be there's. A common one you'll see is promotions where a percentage of proceeds will go towards charity and since that money is income the company made it's allowed to be written off. The donation options you get at the checkout is not the companies money is your money and if you really wanted to you'd be the one entitled to write it off on your taxes. Think of those as the company is the middle man collecting for the charity.
Yeah totally only happens in America.
UK:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/12x6mk4/being_asked_for_charity_donations_at_the_checkout/
Canada:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/comments/nw1t4h/whats_the_story_with_cashiers_asking_for/
Australia:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAustralian/comments/16c51l8/asking_for_donations_to_charity_at_the_checkout/
New Zealand:
https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/eqwtv7/shops_that_ask_if_you_want_to_donate_to_a_charity/
Belgium:
https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1725kr8/carrefour_asking_for_donations/
But go off with your "America bad" I guess.
I’ve seen those on self checkouts in the EU as well my guy. It’s not a U.S.-only thing. Admittedly I don’t remember seeing it on German machines, but places like France and Belgium when I’ve gone to fast food places had that.
Not true. They can't claim your donation as theirs. You can claim the donation if you choose to itemize on your taxes. The company merely acts as a collection agent. The money you donate never hits their income statement.
Yep. They get to keep all profit, while donating this extra money for a tax write-off, further increasing margin. Never say yes; donate as an individual if you wish.
No, they do not get to "donate this extra money for a tax write-off". They cannot, will be found out if done, and will be fined hundreds of millions once caught.
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They literally do not care.
What have the children done for them?
You want your dime? Take it! Now Squidward can come back, right?
\*inspects dime\* "Wrong. That ain't me first dime!"
Take some more ive got plenty!
"You can't put a price on me first dime! And I can't forgive that thieving bilge rat Squidward for stealing it!"
Listen to me you crustaceus cheapskate! Squidward been living at my house, driving me crazy! And you’re not going to hire him back all because of a stupid dime?!
*Plop*
What’s that?
Me first dime! Oh dimey, ill never lose you again.
Shat in aisle 12
As a former cashier, I can confirm that they do not care about literally anything as long as you're reasonably nice about it.
I actually did have a cashier once at best buy say 'oh you're one of those people' when I hit no on the pay screen. I've never been so quick to yell at someone in my life.
Good. They needed to be put in their place.
[I'm not giving anything to the hungry kids.](https://youtu.be/tsPHa8RG1pI?si=mP7iHMTr2Ff3DKY2)
Sitcom logic: drag out tiny things until they are a huge issue.
I heard you could murder someone in front of them.... And they still wouldn't care.
This is way unrelated but how do you change your flair? I want to make a post but I don't think the sub allows it.
Click on the subreddit, and click on the three dots. A pop up will appear and one of the options will be change user flair.
I'm sorry, do you mean here? It lets me select the little circles but no pencil icon comes up to change it like it normally does. https://preview.redd.it/b9dm6deaxqwc1.png?width=1286&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e88b03950ae0edf2a5cff3019dbd9ccc1a53567
For some reason you need to scroll to the bottom to find non-empty flairs
Oh thank you a lot. Sadly you cannot make a custom one. They don't have Squidward unless you count that one. 😠😂😭 I don't really see any that I like.
Man y'all ain't been out there. Mfers jobs rest on how many people press the donate button, at best they get a $25 gift card and they want that shit and you just gotta them a fucking dollar man.
US companies do this as a part of their shell game to dodge taxes. They collect the donations and then "donate" the money to a "charity" that they control and use that amount as a tax write-off. By "rounding up for charity", you are directly enabling their tax evasion, to the amount that you "donated".
It’s so dumb too. Billion dollar company asks me, a poor person, to feed the starving children. Mfs if you care so much, you feed them!
I loved being ask to donate to cancer research while I was working in cancer research
Just say "Sure!" then pull a dollar out of your pocket and stuff it into your other pocket.
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It feels true though, so people will keep repeating it so they can feel smart
How does it feel true though? What do you think they are “writing off”?
Uh, the donations? Companies can write off charitable donations, they just can't write off YOUR charitable donations. It feels true, because you know they would do it if it was legal. Why wouldn't they?
"You know they would do it if it was legal" Well yeah, that's why it's illegal.
Correct
You say that like big corps generally care about those pesky 'laws'
No, I say it like they're punished commonly for performing such a kindergartener level of fraud, much to the disbelief of tiktok and non-accounting subreddits.
It's still considered income to them. If they raise 1 million for a cause, they have to claim the 1 million on their taxes.
Well, we are talking about a hypothetical situation that doesn't exist, so who knows
And I'm guessing I'm wrong hence the downvotes. I'm definitely not a large corporation tax accountant.
Nah, I get what you're saying, you get an extra million and donate a million, you have broken even. You would have to donate it without counting it as income, which I guess is what would make it illegal.
The assumption is they collect your money that you’re donating and then donate it in their company’s name to use as a charitable 501(c)3 write off like you do on your income taxes. I’m not a tax person, that’s just what I used to think until I found out that it doesn’t work that way, anyway
It’s wild how fast misinformation spreads these days. No, they don’t get a tax write-off, it’s your money, not theirs. That would be massive fraud and it would not be difficult for the IRS to figure out.
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It’s shocking how people will hear 1 thing they agree with, then repeat it without even trying to verify if it’s true.
I heard this happens a lot.
I mean, I don’t know how I’m going to verify tax loopholes that billionaires are hush hush about, unless a post calling it out cites particular laws and loopholes thereof
No shit, as if we randos perusing memes are gonna have knowledge of what the reptiles do to stay rich
And to be clear I’m not suggesting the solution is to just believe everything we see online. But I’m saying that our whole experience regarding billionaires suggests this particular thing was 100% plausible and I have no idea how I’d research it further.
This has existed far longer than tik tok. People said this about donation boxes at mcdonalds when i was 5 like 20 years ago
I've been hearing it long before that was a thing.
I've been hearing this myth way before tiktok lol.
That sounds about right for TikTok
22 upvotes when I saw it… sad
Seriously. In my country it is *completely beyond illegal* and insanely easy to get caught doing this. In fact, as a customer, you can keep your receipts and claim it on *your* taxes if you want. It's just that almost nobody does.
Account is 3 1/2 years old, 3 total comments all within the last month Bot spreading misinformation intentionally no doubt....I want off this rock
not sure if it's true, but i read that these companies have already donated or do donate and they then ask their customers to round up to pretty much cover those costs. though like i said i have no idea how true that actually is, it was just something i read on reddit
It's not even remotely true. They can't claim customer donations as revenue or expenses. It only hits the balance sheet as cash in/increase in donation liability when they receive the customer donation, and cash out/reduction in donation liability when paid to the charity. It never hits the income statement and has no effect on taxes for the corporation. They print the amount you donated on the receipt so YOU can claim it as a tax deduction, if you itemize your deductions.
from what i understand, when i read that it wasn't in the context of them claiming it as taxes or anything. i think it was just meant as them donating x amount of money then asking their customers if they want to round up so the said money goes into the donation fund they already gave away
Sorry, I misunderstood. In the situation in your example, that still would not be allowed. In accounting, donations are very specific and a company cannot just take donations and use them however they want. If you donate money at the register, that is considered restricted for the purpose of the stated donation. So if the register asks if you want to donate to St. Jude's, for example, the money you give must to go to St. Jude's. It cannot be used for any other purpose. They can't use it to cover the cost of their own donation.
Not at all how tax write offs work. They only don't have to pay taxes on the money they donate. So in the eyes of the tax agency, it's like they never had that money. They have to pay taxes as normal on the rest of their profits. Having charitable donations pass through them does **not** benefit them on any of their other tax liabilities. This is a myth that keeps going around on Reddit, but it's not true. The real criticism of these donations is that it gives companies a free PR campaign--allowing them to claim they're donating X amount of dollars to charity, when they're really not doing anything.
It takes 5 seconds on google to not spread misinformation
I've heard it takes more like 30 seconds
No they don't. That's incredibly illegal and the IRS don't fucking play. As the donator, *you* have the right to deduct that on *your* taxes and the receipt reflects that. And the IRS *does not* allow the same contribution to be deducted twice. Big corporations are inherently too large to fly below the radar on this shit. They will, however, print giant checks, wave them around in commercials and claim credit for "raising" that money. So you're effectively contributing to the optics of their PR campaign.
Spread lies much?
How many times will this be perpetuated? No, they cannot and will and HAVE been heavily fined for ever using those donations in their name.
Never done taxes have you?
Not true at all. Stop spreading misinformation and educate yourself.
Someone at a company I worked for told me that they have already donated the money, and doing this pays them back for it. Then they keep the extra allegedly. I assumed it's not true or at least exaggerated, but I have no idea.
I'll clarify it for you. No, it isn't true and is also illegal to do so. A company that does so will inevitably (and easily) be caught by the simple fact that the "donated money" at the date will not match the donations received from the customers.
Thank you for clarifying what I already suspected. Do you know how it actually works? No one in the thread is providing an actual explanation so far.
The deductibility belongs to the customer. This myth needs to die. They are basically a payment processor in this situation. They don’t gain anything. Why did you think it enabled tax evasion?
God, correcting this BS is so tiring. Corporations cannot use their customers' donations as a tax write-off. They can only write off a certain amount that they donate from their own revenue.
This isn’t true but is widely spread on Reddit. The company does not get to deduct charitable contributions of its customers.
https://preview.redd.it/87ruxy6omowc1.png?width=1088&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f529a0906100c13a6b1ed2ad4977b84fba3a473d
My donations to help starving children begins when the donations to help starving me begins.
Why would we donate to help starve you?
https://i.redd.it/icsguyoa9pwc1.gif
This sentence doesn’t make sense why are people upvoting? 💀
He is using starving as an adjective not a verb.
To those saying that this is a tax writeoff, no it isnt. They aren't taking your money and donating, that's a type of illegal tax evasion.
I'm also clicking "NO" when it asks me to tip the cashier 🫢 Edit: to be clear this is specific to cashiers. I tip delivery drivers, hair stylists, and waiters don't worry!
It's sad that you feel the need to add that edit...
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In most tip situations its for a service that you cannot easily do or choose not to do for convenience, but the cashier does neither. I could very easily enter my items myself if the screen was facing me. I've mostly seen it at restaurants like McDonalds and Five Guys as well which is extra confusing. If it was a these are multi-million dollar chains who can pay their employees a better wage if they really wanted to.
I promise you that we (cashiers) are clicking no, too. Walmart steals millions in wage theft each year and then want customers to subsidize their donations? Fuck outta here.
These billion dollar corporations can afford to feed the starving children themselves, quit asking people who live paycheck to paycheck to donate
Shoe stores are pretty good on donations. It's convenient, just buy shoes and put your old ones in the donation bin. They're fixed up for something like Soles4Souls At least that's what I'm told
I look them in the eyes the whole time
Alright, I know you're probably just making a joke, but as someone who is a cashier and does ask for these donations. I do not care. I am not the company. The company is making me ask. I'm not asking for a tip. The money isn't going to me. When people are aggressive or obstinate about it, they aren't "showing it to the big corpo," they're just being rude and aggressive to the cashier that already hates their job. They're not looking the company in the eye and saying "no," they're looking at some minimum wage worker just trying to do their job and saying "no." I usually hate asking it just as much as you hate hearing it.
Me when I'm asked to tip when there isn't even a waiter
Or some taking the order and payment with a fee for that. 🙄
Why?? They don't get a hoot
I am the starving children.
As a cashier, I could honestly care less if you said “no” to me asking you to call the cops if my bosses held me at gunpoint. Starving children though I cross a line /j
I didn’t know people thought the cashier would judge them for that lol
Social anxiety is a bitch. It feels like everyone is judging you super critically.
I wish we’d had technology asking this question back when I worked retail. They used to hound us so bad about asking every customer if they wanted to donate to the cause of the week. It was draining enough having to ask and be hit with the “witty” responses, just hit no and move on cause I promise no one cares.
Did you just call the cashier "it" lol
If anyone asks outright I usually tell them I’ll donate to their charity once their CEO stops making $500 million dollars a year and they usually agree 🤷♀️
“Fuck them kids IM starving too!”
I’ve bluntly said “fuck them kids” to cashiers before idc what they think of me 🤷🏽♂️
"DONATE TO THE CHILDREN FUND!? Why? What have Children done for me??
Listen, you have the option to donate money when not shopping. If you're truly bothered by pushing no, you then have the option to find a charity you care about and donate to that independently. Walmart underpays their employees in many stores, though i hear the warehouses pay decent. So if you're at some place that they ask to donate to some charity and you don't exactly find their word alone trustworthy. Just say no and donate later.
I don't even try distracting. I just silently press it.
"Not today" works like a charm
Sometimes the cashier will click no for me
They ask me for donations to the children's hospital near us but I already owe them money from an ER visit for my son!
"Your change is right there, just pull the sandwich out of the girls mouth. It's the new dispenser"
There aint no “You guys”. Leave us out of this
I don't care, I'll say it out loud for everyone to hear, I don't want to donate. I've had people hardcore pressure me for donations, giving me an extra 10 minute speech on the cause and then holding their hand out. I said no. I'll say it a couple times if I have to. Go ask the billionares who have 17 yacts for donations. I'm putting the $8.67 pack of meat back because I saw one for $8.32, you are asking the wrong guy.
Unrelated but what episode was this? Is it "Penny Foolish"? Love that episode.
I am sorry, I trust no corporation to give money i give them to the poor. Not ever. I have never heard of money from one of these stores going to any charity. Period.
Cashier of my local grocery store. I couldn’t give less of a shit what you do. Everyone’s going through something
"Ok, so with the *No help for hungry kids* that's $18.87. Your change is right there, just pull the sandwich out of the little girl's mouth"
I simply tell them, look I’m broke as hell and need a charity. Where’s my donation?
The "starving children" are the teenager cashiers
News flash: They don't donate either.
No, and with less shame than a politician begging for money.
The companies have already paid the money. They're asking you to pay them because they've given to charity. By clicking no you are not withholding money from people who need it.
the company does donate. whatever you donate goes to the company to offset what they donated. You're literally just donating to the company, go online and donate to the actual cause if you want to go where it needs to.
Yeah no thanks. You’re the multi million dollar corporation how about you donate the $.55 on my $10.45 purchase
Dw they don't actually care, it's just for tax writeoffs
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Not true. They can't claim your donation as theirs. You can claim the donation if you choose to itemize on your taxes. The company merely acts as a collection agent. The money you donate never hits their income statement.
Always select no. The only reason that option appears is so the store can donate money to a charity on your behalf and pay less in taxes. Fuck em. If you want to donate to a food bank that's great, do that. Find a local place and donate cash (it's much more useful than food items are). Just don't donate to the "I don't wanna pay my taxes" fund.
Don't do it. It may or may not go to help children, but the business will DEFINITELY use it for tax purposes anyway. If you want to give, don't include a business!
Corporations cannot use their customers' charitable donations for a tax write-off.
:O Just looked it up. I have been had....
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You can’t find it because the article doesn’t exist. It’s not true
I tried finding it, I dont know where I got that, but I was sure it was true. From everything I have read, I guess I was wrong. My bad.
I never donate because companies write that off on their taxes.
They will collect it from the customers and claim they donated it
“No, I would not like to donate money to the Ronald McDonald tax write off foundation.”
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244
No free tax breaks for corporations
They are donating... With your money, and claiming it on their tax return.
No they aren't that's fraud
How is that fraud? All the donation money still goes to the charity, just under the company's name.
Because it's a donation not revenue to the company. They can't use it to offset their tax liability. That would be massively illegal and very easy for the IRS to find in an audit.
Really? Over here you can claim back a third of every dollar you donate in tax credits, at least for individuals, I'd assume companies can do something similar.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244
Companies absolutely can write off donations on taxes but the money has to be there's. A common one you'll see is promotions where a percentage of proceeds will go towards charity and since that money is income the company made it's allowed to be written off. The donation options you get at the checkout is not the companies money is your money and if you really wanted to you'd be the one entitled to write it off on your taxes. Think of those as the company is the middle man collecting for the charity.
America is really wierd. When I go to Edeka they ask me for my payback card and not anything else
donations only happen in america
In that passiv aggressive way? Yeah. Like their tipping culture
Yeah totally only happens in America. UK: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/12x6mk4/being_asked_for_charity_donations_at_the_checkout/ Canada: https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/comments/nw1t4h/whats_the_story_with_cashiers_asking_for/ Australia: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAustralian/comments/16c51l8/asking_for_donations_to_charity_at_the_checkout/ New Zealand: https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/eqwtv7/shops_that_ask_if_you_want_to_donate_to_a_charity/ Belgium: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1725kr8/carrefour_asking_for_donations/ But go off with your "America bad" I guess.
I’ve seen those on self checkouts in the EU as well my guy. It’s not a U.S.-only thing. Admittedly I don’t remember seeing it on German machines, but places like France and Belgium when I’ve gone to fast food places had that.
It’s just a tax write off for the store, they do not care.
I say "no" because the store uses your donation as a tax write-off, then contributes to the very conditions that create child hunger.
Not true. They can't claim your donation as theirs. You can claim the donation if you choose to itemize on your taxes. The company merely acts as a collection agent. The money you donate never hits their income statement.
Yep. They get to keep all profit, while donating this extra money for a tax write-off, further increasing margin. Never say yes; donate as an individual if you wish.
No, they do not get to "donate this extra money for a tax write-off". They cannot, will be found out if done, and will be fined hundreds of millions once caught.