Kramer is right. A damaged item wouldn't be a tax write off, but a "write off" is also used as a more general term.

The post office likely has an account set up to estimate and account for damaged packages. They would "write off" the amount against this estimated account. Since they've basically already accounted for it, it wouldn't have a real impact. Of course, if everyone did this, the estimated number would be way off.

You don't even know what a write-off is, do you?

>>213888205
But they do. And they're the ones writing it off.

>>213887084 (OP)
I thought 'write off' was when the damage to the thing would cost more to repair than the price of buying a new one.