3volver@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhat's something you believed to be true but recently learned is actually false?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down13
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you believed to be true but recently learned is actually false?3volver@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareradicalautonomy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-28 months agoI used to believe business could claim tax breaks for the money we contribute when they ask “Do you want to donate to XYZ cause?” I learned today about how businesses can’t actually claim point-of-sale charitable donations that show on a receipt for a tax write-off. Also, I learned about how no one can claim tax write-off for cash donations into a charity jar.
minus-squareTronnaRaps@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoSo I was just being a greedy asshole this whole time?
minus-squareradicalautonomy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoOnly you can decide that for yourself. I still donate money to causes I believe in, just not to one’s thrust upon me at the checkout. I’m not a fan of guiltlanthropy.
I used to believe business could claim tax breaks for the money we contribute when they ask “Do you want to donate to XYZ cause?”
I learned today about how businesses can’t actually claim point-of-sale charitable donations that show on a receipt for a tax write-off. Also, I learned about how no one can claim tax write-off for cash donations into a charity jar.
So I was just being a greedy asshole this whole time?
Only you can decide that for yourself. I still donate money to causes I believe in, just not to one’s thrust upon me at the checkout. I’m not a fan of guiltlanthropy.