They also collect the money from those donations, invest it to make money, eventually donate the original amount, then pocket the profit and the tax credit.
If you want to donate don’t do it there, just donate directly. And do a lot of research, there’s some real scummy “charities” out there.
I remember donating like $500 to a charity and they actually sent me a form for my taxes. But then when it came down to do them my tax person said the amount I donated wouldn’t affect my tax return because it was such a small amount. I was stunned because to me $500 I thought was pretty significant.
The reason for that is you’re allowed to claim you’ve donated a certain amount of money each year without proof. If you go over that amount you need to prove the entire amount including the original amount that you’re not required to prove. For example let’s say that’s $1,000, you donate $1,200 to charity. You need to prove You donated $1,200 to charity, not $200 in order to claim the full $1,200. Or you could just claim you’ve donated $1,000 without any sort of proof. Because of this most people just claim that they donated the maximum they can Even if they’ve never donated anything
No, they don’t. In order for them to receive a tax credit for it, they’d have to take those donations as revenue first. They can’t just claim a donation of someone else’s money on their taxes.
That’s the fun part, if you donate, they get the corporate credit for it.
They also collect the money from those donations, invest it to make money, eventually donate the original amount, then pocket the profit and the tax credit.
If you want to donate don’t do it there, just donate directly. And do a lot of research, there’s some real scummy “charities” out there.
I remember donating like $500 to a charity and they actually sent me a form for my taxes. But then when it came down to do them my tax person said the amount I donated wouldn’t affect my tax return because it was such a small amount. I was stunned because to me $500 I thought was pretty significant.
The reason for that is you’re allowed to claim you’ve donated a certain amount of money each year without proof. If you go over that amount you need to prove the entire amount including the original amount that you’re not required to prove. For example let’s say that’s $1,000, you donate $1,200 to charity. You need to prove You donated $1,200 to charity, not $200 in order to claim the full $1,200. Or you could just claim you’ve donated $1,000 without any sort of proof. Because of this most people just claim that they donated the maximum they can Even if they’ve never donated anything
No, they don’t. In order for them to receive a tax credit for it, they’d have to take those donations as revenue first. They can’t just claim a donation of someone else’s money on their taxes.