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[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

To preempt the inevitable: no, companies do not take your donations and then use them as a tax write off to somehow profit. That's a myth. That's not how taxes work. Those donations are yours and you can claim them on your taxes. Yes, really.

[-] Pog 9 points 1 year ago

That's exactly what a CEO would say hmmm

[-] AssholeDestroyer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

They definitely don't profit but don't donations lighten a corporation's tax liability?

[-] cashsky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

No. They literally just said that's not how it works.

[-] kromem@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I always ask if there's a price match from the company which there often isn't.

The few times they say yes, I follow up with asking if there's a cap on the match.

If there's a match and no cap, I'll usually donate.

But 1,000,000 fuck nos to donation if there isn't a match or if they are capping that shit.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I said that to my wife at Petsmart just yesterday. They asked on the register to donate to some pet charity and I said, "why can't Petsmart just use some of their bajillion dollars in profits to pay for it? Why are they asking me to give money to their charity when I've already paid them money?"

[-] pelerinli@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Funny, Sneakers is cınsidered expensive in my country. #ThanksErdogan

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry you have to endure that man child's populist politics :/

But I wouldn't consider Snickers to be a cheap dinner either. For the same money you can easily buy some rice and a few veggies and have an actual dinner instead.

[-] Illegal_Prime@dmv.social 6 points 1 year ago

Me who exclusively uses self checkout and never does this (in no small part due to the no button being bright red.)

[-] aliceee 4 points 1 year ago

"do i look like i have 5$?"

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, I'll donate it to my savings. Thanks for asking

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