If I’m in the checkout at a business, say McDonald’s or Walmart or Kroger or whatever, and they ask if I’d like to round up to donate to some charity, I usually say yes. But should I be doing this? I heard somewhere that I shouldn’t because they can claim that as a donation from them which contributes to them paying less taxes or something, I’m not sure if that’s 100% how it works but I figure that it benefits them somehow or why else would they do that?
That’s not how it works. If you’re making a donation through them, it’s going to be listed on your receipt. You can use that receipt to declare the donation on your taxes.
If it’s more than some threshold usually, like $2