https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/lifestyle/diner-outraged-after-finding-added-charge-for-charity-donation-on-bill/

Poor Aussies learning another FAFO lesson with their liberal trash government. This is definitely a wet dream of the sleezy dumocrats in America. Scam people everywhere for just a $1 or so per transaction for random slush fund causes by hiding it in fine print behind QR codes or other multi step processes just to view it. If they complain, lay the pity guilt trip on the consumer about being heartless to support charity xyz. It will be ActBlue 2.0.

OP gonna be pissed when he realizes his grocery store charity donations go to corporate tax deductions.

Don't even look into how much of your hard earned and spent money goes to lobbying/bribing politicians.

But yeah lol at Australia

Seems we're on the same page. But US is no better

Yeah that's not how tax deductions work.

It's annoying when all these businesses ask if I want to round up. My son wanted Taco Bell the other night, so I ordered in the drive thru and they asked if I "wanted to round up for students." WTF? Did George Costanza come up with that?

I will continue to only donate to the Human Fund.

Any "charity" donation added to a bill is tax deducible for the business and not the individual.

NormanEH said:

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OP gonna be pissed when he realizes his grocery store charity donations go to corporate tax deductions.

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Yeah that's not even a little bit true. They accept you $.43 and donate it to the charity. $.43 in is a liability called "Due To Charity", $.43 out pays said liability so the account is now $0. They get no tax benefit from the transaction at all.

doubledog said:

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Any "charity" donation added to a bill is tax deducible for the business and not the individual.

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Wrong.

Im Gipper said:

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doubledog said:

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Any "charity" donation added to a bill is tax deducible for the business and not the individual.

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Wrong.

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Literally LOL at these people thinking it's a tax deduction for the business.

Ducks4brkfast said:

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Im Gipper said:

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doubledog said:

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Any "charity" donation added to a bill is tax deducible for the business and not the individual.

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Wrong.

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Literally LOL at these people thinking it's a tax deduction for the business.

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How are people dumb enough to believe it somehow benefits the business?