On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 12:13:29 PM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:32:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> > b.com...
> > > On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> > >> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> > >> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> > >> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> > >> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> > >> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> > >> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
> > >
> > > I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.
> >
> > You can't claim it.
>
> I wonder why they think they can?
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room.



My motivation for using Amazon Smile has nothing to do with the donation being a tax write off. Nor does any of the other donations I make elsewhere. It is nice if it is, but that's not why I do it.