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minus-squarebreetai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTaxes are not supposed to be painful. They are supposed to be fair and fund the government. Painful taxes just causes avoidance.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTax avoidance is a crime. Lock up the billionaires. I see nothing wrong with it.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. Avoidance is legal, evasion is not.
minus-squarebreetai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTax avoidance isn’t a crime. Do you use deductions on your 1040? That’s tax avoidance.
Taxes are not supposed to be painful. They are supposed to be fair and fund the government. Painful taxes just causes avoidance.
Tax avoidance is a crime.
Lock up the billionaires. I see nothing wrong with it.
That’s the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. Avoidance is legal, evasion is not.
Tax avoidance isn’t a crime.
Do you use deductions on your 1040? That’s tax avoidance.