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[–] Bassman1805 187 points 1 day ago (28 children)

Ah, this again.

The mega corporation did not receive any tax benefit from collecting donations. They are able to write off the amount of donations from their income, so that they aren't paying tax on the money they collected specifically to be donated.

  1. Company collects $1 donation from customer
  2. Company has $1 extra income
  3. Company donates $1 to charity
  4. Company writes that dollar off of their income.
  5. Company reports the exact same profit/loss as if they had not collected donations.
[–] danc4498 50 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I assumed this was true also, but I also believe the company is receiving some sort of kick back from this otherwise they wouldn’t be doing it.

[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And decision-makers at that company feeling good about themselves at no cost whatsoever for the company or themselves.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

exactly

its not really charity if you don't give something up

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They really should match all donations.

[–] TheLowestStone 5 points 1 day ago

The C-level executive should match all donations. Otherwise that's money that should be going to improving conditions for the workers.

[–] Serinus 19 points 1 day ago

And, if it's a big enough portion of the charity's funding, influence over the charity. But not tax breaks.

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