• Andrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    27 days ago

    When I worked in McDonald’s (UK) we weren’t allowed to accept tips — they had to be donated to the Ronald McDonald’s Children’s Charity so they could be used as a tax write off.

    • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      27 days ago

      Can they legally take that as a write off? It’s a donation from the person to the charity, McDonald’s is just holding it.

      They obviously still get the PR and free advertising from it, but I I seriously doubt they get a tax write off from it

      • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        27 days ago

        I think there’s a popular misconception that companies can use these types of POS donations as their own write-off in an above-board manner.

        Of course, it would not at all be surprising if companies had tried or succeeded at doing it, but I have not seen any hard evidence that it happens.