I feel like they should just say Superman is Tax Exempt and call it a day.
Wait, why does Superman have income? Has he been charging the people for his services this whole time?
He gets a lot of tips.
He keeps sending bills to Lois and she just keeps paying them like an idiot.
Well he did that one time he wanted to catch that gang leader, million dollar joe or something like that
Wait, is that real?
Yeah, from back when they did the click bait comics.
He was saving up a million dollars to put in a safe he made of stone that was a trap.
He then returned all the money back.
Maybe there’s a shell company that Clark Kent makes payments to, and then Superman bills it for nonexistent super-services so that he can have some spending money while in costume.
But the minimum taxable income is $13K, so the only reason to run this scam would be if Superman was spending more than thirteen grand in costume, and that would raise so many more questions!
Like where does he put the money when in costume? He clearly doesn’t have pockets and I’ve never seen Superman carrying a bag of any sort.
I mean, he could put some in his boot or belt or something, but not 13 grand.
Now that Superman claimed me as a dependent on his taxes, the government took away my HSA and I’ve gone headlong into CRIPPLING MEDICAL DEBT!
Thanks Superman!
I believe this comic panel contains all the context necessary.
Exactly. Clearly he has 2 billion kids - that’s why the world population is so high today and they call that generation the “Baby Boomers”.
Turns out their kryptonite was lead tho.
Nah, kryptonite weakens Superman. Their kryptonite is people criticizing them for anything ever.
I’m a mod so I’m allowed to break the rules, but I promise to ban myself if I do it again.
My work here is done.
Taxing a guy who saves the world on a regular basis seems rude.
Also, he fights for truth, justice and the American way, and what’s more American than finding a loophole to avoid paying taxes?
Well, he fights for the American way, but he’s actually technically a citizen of the Cayman Islands. His real name is Kal-LLC.
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As I recall, the IRS agent ended up being a bit apologetic about the whole thing.
What income do they think he has, taxable or not? Does the IRS know about his secret identity, but they’re just cool and keep it to themselves?
Well, if he wanted to be could probably crush coal into diamonds and then sell them, and his powers would make a quick mining expedition fairly profitable in general
Wouldn’t you? I know I would stfu if I knew his identity. He wouldn’t hurt me but his villains definitely will to get it out of me if they knew. Also the government would rather keep him in their good graces since he’s generally truly good. At least most of the time.
So, just the bog-standard argument justifying the existence of wealth-hoarding capitalists, then?
“As a matter of fact, we have to now PAY HIM $12 billion in repayments from the government … he’ll destroy the country’s economic stability! He’s doomed us all!”
I remember this one. Silver age DC was weird, y’all.
