Charitable contributions

18 comments

• ArtFish

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  13 years ago

  Do you really want her to have your name, address, bank routing number, and bank account number?
  
  They are all printed on your check.
  
  Think about how much damage somebody could do with those.
  
  Think about how many transactions online you may have signed up for with just that information.
  
  Think about what information a check printing company required of you when you ordered new checks.
  
  Think about how little protection your bank offers you with checks.
  
  Think about the IRS audit as well.
• Dougster

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  13 years ago

  dredog03: "Obviously there's some security issue there since a check will have some identifying information you may not want to give out"
  
  Seems to pale in comparison to risk of failing the audit and getting charged with tax fraud. Good luck if you try that one, though. You'll need it!
• shadowcat

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  13 years ago

  dreddog - you've got bigger balls than I do. I wouldn't even try to put that past the IRS.
• thesamurai

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  13 years ago

  Strippers take checks?
  People still use checks?
• CTQWERTY

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  13 years ago

  I think a personal check would lead to bouncer workout time: as in 1-2-1 and down he goes!
• crecat03

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  13 years ago

  Didn't say I've tried it or will. Just was thinking about it because I often try to personally justify such expenses as being for charity.
• samsung1

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  13 years ago

  I am just glad we are not paying a sales tax on lap dances, drinks, or cover charges! I think Texas might have a "pole tax" for their cover charges so each club has to collect $5 but I am not sure on this.
• canny

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  13 years ago

  If you are self employed, receipts are not needed for entertainment expenses (meals) that are below a certain dollar figure. I keep all receipts and report the exact dollar amount to the penny because I'm not willing to risk making a mistake, but if you do something on the side like mow lawns and you report your revenue you can also report a lot of expenses.
• steve229

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  13 years ago

  "Sometimes I view strip club visits as a personal way of giving to the poor, a form of charity."
  
  Er, that's not how the IRS sees it:
  
  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf
  
  Does the name Wesley Snipes ring a bell?
  
  
• Clubber

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  13 years ago

  Easy answer, have your favorite dancers set up a charity. Say something like "STRIP". "Start Them Right, In Private".
• vincemichaels

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  13 years ago

  No, but I think we'd all like to deduct it. :)
• racejeff

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  13 years ago

  Check to her as an individual is not going to get you a tax deduction. Unless you can get her to set up a 503c charity lol.
• Rlionheart

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  13 years ago

  In deductions parlance I think that is the equivalent of sticking your John Thomas in the paper shredder.
• canny

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  13 years ago

  Start a foundation, name it the PL Foundation and go through the paperwork to make donations to it tax deductible and then have the foundation pay for your visits to the strip clubs. Use the foundation's credit card to pay.
• txtittyfan

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  13 years ago

  I used to get dances from a dancer named Charity.
• bang69

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  13 years ago

  no stripper that i have met take checks. cash only
• wallanon

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  13 years ago

  If you have to ask if a stripper takes checks, you picked the wrong day to visit or the wrong hobby.
• newmark

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  13 years ago

  Most won't take checks. You might try payin them off in grocery coupons though.