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Just Always say no. Don’t feel guilt, just say no. If it is a charity that you actually care about then still say no and donate to the charity yourself. Why give GiantCorp money for charity when they are trying to bully you with psychological bullshit, making their employee have awkward interactions with customers, AND then taking a tax write off for donations they did not even make! The 50/50 gets me to, If GiantCorp wats to donate then donate don’t use it as a marketing ploy.
Stores can’t write off a customer’s point-of-sale donations, because they don’t count as company income, according to tax policy experts. Customers can write off their own donations if they choose. Stores are allowed to write off their own donations, such as when a store donates a certain portion of all its proceeds to charity.
Sometimes the charity is also controlled by the same people
There are countries (such as the UK) were one of the main pathways for Tax Evasion for very rich people is to make a Charity or Foundation (in the UK case, you register it on one of the Channel Islands tax havens) to which one gifts the entirety of one’s income (the way it works for tax evasion in the UK is that the entire tax on the money given to said Charity or Foundation is sent to them by the UK State) and then that Charity or Foundation pays for all your living expenses.
Even better, such a scheme also works for evading Inheritance Tax - you just have to change who the controlling board member of said “Charity” or “Foundation” is and now the control of all that money is in the hands of the descendant(s), tax free even if the amount is high enough that inheritance tax would be due (so, for very rich people).
But that’s not even the most special part. The most special part is when some people who uses such tax evasion schemes boast very publicly that “I give all my money to Charity”, since most of the public aren’t aware of this scheme.
This, the company is basically using YOUR donation for THEIR tax breaks. Don’t help the company skimp on taxes.
“No, I prefer to donate money directly, and if your company really cared about the cause then they would just donate without asking the customers to foot the bill”
Of course, the 9/10 times the cashier agrees and is only asking because their supervisor could be within earshot and decide to reprimand them for not asking.
Yeah. I know you’re just adding it for the comment. But don’t actually bother the cashier with some grandstanding or lecturing. Honestly, a good “nah, I don’t like kids” is a much better response to brighten their day. They’ve heard Karen complain about the guilt trip nature 100x already.
if your company really cared about the cause then they would just donate without asking the customers to foot the bill
meh, there’s a lot more nuance to this.
(all assuming the charity is legic)
The companies aren’t really saying “we want to donate this money”. They are just nudging people to donate a little bit, with the goal that if a lot of people donate a little, the charity will still have money in the end (and the company gets a tax break).
You need to understand, that almost all of the people nudged will not donate to a charity otherwise. And now they have the chance to donate a little bit without much effort.
In the end, good charities have more money for their work. And that’s always a good thing
Companies don’t get tax breaks for their customers’ donations.
Depends on the country
Lol, its always been a scam.
They just pocket most of the money using legal loopholes.
It’s a tax write off. Not even much of a loophole. Each cent they take from you comes right off their tax bill.
Huh interesting to note.
Rather than receiving a customer’s donation as income, the company serves as a holding agent for that money…
This seems to be where they cheat shit.
South Park did this joke years ago and it was great. Randy was the best before he became a pot farmer.
Fuck that … any time some idiot cashier asks me to donate to something I immediately and before they even finish, I will say ‘NO THANK YOU’
If anyone ever asks me why I’m being so cheap, I remind them that the big giant corporation of a store that I am shopping at is more than capable of donating a few million dollars to the dumb charity they’re trying to push on everyone.
Who’s the cheap one in this scenario? Me not wanting to give a few pennies to a charity? … or a corporation that isn’t donating a million or two for no reason other than that it is chump change to them?
In fairness to cashiers, they’re not the ones spearheading these campaigns. They’re in the same boat as you except that their job security is contingent upon them presenting a donation option.
