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[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 30 points 1 year ago

Over here in the UK we don't tip as a rule, unless we've been directly served by someone, and even then it's mostly just to leave whatever change there may be.

But it's become very fucking common for chain shops to ask if we want to round up to the nearest £ and donate that money to whichever charity they're working with.

And my answer is always, always, no.

[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Why not if it is a charity? I'm guessing you're not trusting them?

[-] countflacula@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Charity donations are tax deductible (usually) so what you're doing is giving the business a means to bring down their contributions for the year. It'd really be best if you just donated directly.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No. That's not how that works.

[-] SMT42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Deductible means they don't pay taxes on the money they donated
It does nothing to reduce the tax burden on their profits, if the money they're donating wouldn't have been profit in the first place

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