Witty Rejoinder said:

Arts said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

That would be illegal.

why? he was donating the money, just in his name, not the collective that actually put in for it.

Because those who bought the chocolate would be perfectly entitled to ask for a receipt and claim the tax deduction for themselves. The bloke administering this scheme is not allowed to double dip for any amount claimed by someone else. If people didn’t make the claim themselves then technically the tax paper isn’t being defrauded but then they’d be pretty silly to not bother if they bought multiple chocolates a year. Either way Mr Arts and his colleagues were certainly remiss in not doing so if they thought this was at all shonky.

It would all be in the terms and conditions of buying a full box off whichever organisation is making the provision.

Is a fund raiser the same as a donation as you are buying chocolate for yourself and giving the money to a charity rather than a shop
I assume it must be as they claimed it but I’ve never thought of using it as tax deduction.