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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

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The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
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If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
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Would you like to donate a dollar? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by shderz@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What you were told isn't true. Both you and the company are able to write it off.

Most Americans aren't donating enough for it to affect their taxes, though.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol a donation cannot be written off by two entities. Americans would need to itemize their deductions, which very few do.

The company does not write off the donation. It's not their donation, it's your donation. The company is a collector only.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sure, the more correct wording would be "neither the customer nor the company are taxed on the donation". Assuming the customer itemizes their taxes, which a you've pointed out is rare.

I'm trying to speak at the level of people who post stuff like the OP. Some of the details don't shake out correctly but I'm not trying to get in the weeds of US tax code here if the main point holds up.