• entwine413@lemm.ee
    101·
    1 month ago

    That’s not how it works, at all. Businesses can’t claim donations they collect on behalf of a charity as a deduction.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      1 month ago

      They can lie and misreport. And if nobody in the state/federal bureaucracy follow up, they get away with it.

      • teejay@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 month ago

        I had a friend who once told me his brother discovered Alaska while riding in a hot air balloon. I wonder if we have the same friend.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          1 month ago

          “Had a friend at a business report that the business was casually doing fraud to lower their tax liability.”

          “Oh yeah? Well I had a friend who reported he is a talking monkey who lives in Mars.”

          “Damn, both of these stories sound equally far-fetched and unbelievable.”