Best way to stop this: Remove tax deductibility for shrinkage losses.
Prosecutions will become all the rage.
Having businesses lose deductibility of shrinkage is a good start. How about forcing businesses to also pay sales tax on the shrinkage which in the case of wonton shoplifting is likely to be higher priced items….they are not stealing baby aspirin.
wow.. I had never thought of that! do you think that’s what’s going on? these companies don’t care because they will just take the write off and its a lot less trouble than prosecuting the thieves?