Not a loophole as they pay taxes (unlike non-profits) but a fig leaf to cover commercial activity with some feel-good label. The real purpose of PBC is the lega

Not a loophole as they pay taxes (unlike non-profits) but a fig leaf to cover commercial activity with some feel-good label. The real purpose of PBC is the legal protection it may afford to the company from shareholders unhappy with less than maximal profit generation. It gives the board some legal space to do some good if they choose to but has no mandate like real non-profits which get a tax break for creating a public good or service, a tax break that can be withdrawn if they do not annually prove that public benefit to the IRS.