• ram@bookwormstory.social
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      1 year ago

      It is illegal, but the US is completely toothless with enforcement on anyone with any amount of wealth.

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        Thankfully, Biden recently gave the IRS some teeth to go after millionaires who rely on tax dodging. So there’s hope as long as a criminal isn’t put in charge to de-teeth the government again.

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          And hopefully the pendulum doesn’t swing too far next year for all that effort to be rolled back

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        The penalties are also so minimal that it’s cheaper to re-offend