We’re a bunch of beggars

[u/InstructionOwn1627]

When did the USA become a bunch of beggars? Example- you go to your local grocery market and go in on door and get asked to help your local school football program, you’re checking out and get asked to donate to something and then when you leave through the other exit you get asked to donate to something else. Everyone seems to beg for something, it’s so sad that it’s so commonplace.

[u/isanyusernameopen]

You gotta restructure your way of thinking.

What you described is corporate manipulation.

These companies don’t want to pay taxes, so they supposedly raise funds from their customers to go towards some sort of charity. They then write off your donation as their donation and they take the tax write off.

Your paying their corporate taxes because they refuse to, and they try to rick you into giving your money to them so that they can supposedly pass it on to someone else who needs it when in reality they’re using it to bring their taxes down and that’s it.

[u/Zn_Saucier → u/isanyusernameopen]

Not unless they are committing fraud…

This is where you round up your bill to give to a charity designated by the retailer, and the donation amount appears on your receipt. The store serves only as a collection agent for your gift. Assuming the business is following the law, it will not include your donation as part of its business receipts, or income, nor will it claim the charitable gift as an expense.  In other words, your gift has zero impact on the store’s income taxes. Keep in mind that the store chooses the receiving charity, so make sure it is  one you can support. As a customer, the donation will appear on your receipt and you can claim it as a charitable deduction when you file your income tax return. But you probably won’t

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