Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th...
by semi-extrinsic on Thursday June 16, 2016 @02:01PM
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That's just hilarious! Are you saying drug dealers actually report their income and pay taxes off it?
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Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th...
by shimon on Thursday June 16, 2016 @02:14PM
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Of course not. This is just a clarification about another point of law that a typical drug dealer violates, which gives law enforcement yet another angle.
In some cases proving tax evasion is easier than proving other crimes. This is what got Al Capone -- because the crime was perpetrated through his organization and not by him directly, it would have been difficult to hold him directly responsible for the crimes. However, once his ledger was discovered it was straightforward to prove that he received significant income without making the required income tax payments.
Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th...
by mikemackle on Thursday June 16, 2016 @06:09PM
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For some twilight-zone stuff, check out drug tax stamps (i.e. http://www.ksrevenue.org/perstaxtypesdrug.html)
You have to buy them and place them on your drugs so if you get raided, you can prove that you paid taxes on your supply. There are even folks who collect the stamps.
Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th...
by int_19h on Thursday June 16, 2016 @04:04PM
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It depends on your definition of "drug dealer". Companies that operate in the open under state laws that legalized weed normally do report their income and pay federal taxes on it, despite the activity being illegal on federal level.