When I worked in McDonald's (UK) we weren't allowed to accept tips — they had to be donated to the Ronald McDonald's Children's Charity so they could be used as a tax write off.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can they legally take that as a write off? It's a donation from the person to the charity, McDonald's is just holding it.

They obviously still get the PR and free advertising from it, but I I seriously doubt they get a tax write off from it

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think there's a popular misconception that companies can use these types of POS donations as their own write-off in an above-board manner.

Of course, it would not at all be surprising if companies had tried or succeeded at doing it, but I have not seen any hard evidence that it happens.

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah ok. I guess they just hated us then lol