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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Writing off pure money is never better than just keeping the money. Write offs just mean that money is not taxed as profit.

Ie, Say the tax rate was 10%. You make $100 profit and are required to pay $10 in tax. Say you donate $10 to charity. You are now taxed for $90 ($100 profit - $10 donated), meaning you owe $9 in tax instead of $10. You are paying 1 less dollar in taxes, but you're still out $19 instead of $10. The higher the tax rate, the less difference between the two, but you will still net less profit regardless.
gpt
So weird how people think "tax writeoffs" are worth more than actual money. Just means you don't also have to pay *additional* income tax on that money, which is always smaller being a percentage of that money.