• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    As Behind the Bastards pointed out recently in their Kent Hovind episode, the IRS doesn’t give a shit about what illegal or immoral activity you commit, they literally just want you to pay taxes on it.

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      5 months ago

      Not familiar with that show/movie/whatever, but they aren’t wrong. The IRS just wants to be paid. You pay them, they leave you alone. Done.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      It used to be tax deductable to bribe government officials of foreign governments.

      Unrelated, if you get bribed in time with a hooker do you report it based on what she charges or fair market rate or is there a set amount? I feel like someone at the IRS sat down and came up with an answer to this.