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occipixel_lobe t1_j68oj88 wrote

Lol it was a scheme to avoid taxes, people. All of these charity donation requests at checkout in your local big box store are also for that. Just a way to avoid paying taxes.

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favpetgoat t1_j68rzkb wrote

Totally but this one was free for the user AFAIK, Amazon would donate whenever you buy stuff through smile.amazon.com but they didn't ask you to pay for the donation

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eyjay t1_j68yl73 wrote

Iirc the charity thing at stores being a way to avoid taxes is a myth. However, it does give them good pr to donate to the charities by way of their customers

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daviEnnis t1_j68x992 wrote

How does it avoid taxes?

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occipixel_lobe t1_j69fuuu wrote

The Amazon Smile foundation gets to write donations off on taxes - NOT
you. So... who do you think owns the Amazon Smile foundation??

Here: https://www.goodwillsemi.org/shop/the-benefits-of-using-amazon-smile-when-making-purchases/

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BudgetUncle t1_j69lsqa wrote

Why would the customer get a write off? They aren’t making a donation. They pay the same price on Smile or not, and the price of for the item they are buying.

Why should Amazon not get to write it off (under current tax law)? They are making a donation.

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daviEnnis t1_j6a3z4y wrote

How does it avoid taxes though? They still turn out with less money than they otherwise would, if not for that charitable donation.

They lose money on smile, which is also why they're cancelling it.

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JenniferJuniper6 t1_j6byuw6 wrote

Because they’re making the donation, not you. You don’t contribute anything to Amazon Smile. The price is the same whether you make it on Smile or not. Why would you get a deduction? And honestly, most of us are not generating enough donations to even beat the standard deduction, so we wouldn’t get a deduction anyway.

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xal1124 t1_j6gpqx5 wrote

Why do you keep reposting this incorrect reply?

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tablecontrol t1_j699a38 wrote

> a scheme to avoid taxes, people. All of these charity donation requests at checkout in your local big box store are also for that. Just a way to avoid paying taxes.

this is false

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occipixel_lobe t1_j69fqln wrote

Nope, it's true. The Amazon Smile foundation gets to write donations off on taxes - NOT you. So... who do you think owns the Amazon Smile foundation??

Here: https://www.goodwillsemi.org/shop/the-benefits-of-using-amazon-smile-when-making-purchases/

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He_who_bobs_beneath t1_j6a68dz wrote

The knowledge of Reddit’s amazing taxation accountants never ceases to amaze me.

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FasterThanTW t1_j6b44l8 wrote

In Amazon's case they are the ones making the donation, not the customer. In the case of the store, the customer is making the donation and the store doesn't get any tax advantage from that

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