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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by pragone on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:32PM (#10261033)
If I had to guess, automatic calculation of income tax. No need to file taxes.
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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by skimpycompiler on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:33PM (#10261041)
Is this not automatic in most of the countries of the world?
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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by alkonaut on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:48PM (#10261167)
Not even in developed countries! If you go to the US for example you will find people doing everyday transactions such as wage payments, taxis or grocery shopping still using pieces of paper with numbers on them. You have to see it to believe it.
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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by jessaustin on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:58PM (#10261243)
This is true: I know a business that employs about fifteen employees, and one of the owners looks at the withholding tables every two weeks.
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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by radmuzom on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:40PM (#10261106)
I would guess it is not automatic in most countries of the world, except for a few developed countries.
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Re:GNU Taler – Electronic payments for a liberal society by wanderfowl on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:35PM (#10261064)
Not in the US, sadly.
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