• EmergingDystopia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, this really bothers me. Because in reality, that company that you give money to at checkout is just going to bundle that all up and it’s a donation in their name, used as a tax write-off. You as the shopper might feel nice and warm and fuzzy, but you’re just giving a multimillion or billion dollar company a tax break. Just donate as yourself. If you want to help XYZ cause, do it on your own. My two cents.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not how it works, at least in the US. You are donating as yourself, and can use the donation as a tax write off if you would like.

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          1 year ago

          Thank you for the link. To be clear to anyone too lazy to click (which you should do to verify anyway) this is a source that confirms that businesses don’t get to claim your donation as their own.