Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Business

Legal? Yes. Generally, this is what a corporation's stock is used for. If you are not issuing stock for the "donations" then perhaps creating business loans might be the best bet.

Remember, a corporation must have assets when it is created or it can lose the corporation protection because it is undercapitalized. This is also known as "piercing the corporate veil"...not a good thing.

I would think that the most common type of business to receive actual "donations" would be a non-profit org. Otherwise, most "donations" would be classified as investments or loans.

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Regards,

Scott

Re: Business

Sure but the donations are not tax deductible.

Re: Business

Maybe. Any requests for gifts should make it absolutely clear that there are no strings attached and the donor isn't expecting anything in return, and won't be able to deduct the gift as a charitable donation, investment loss, or otherwise. Anyone including a corporation can accept a gift, but there can be no fraud, deception, mischaracterization or evasion of the true nature of the transaction, or the parties will go down in flames.