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Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker by refurb on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:59AM (#13528109)
Tax avoidance is cheating? I guess I better not max out my 401k this year for the tax advantage! That would be cheating!
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Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker by ransom1538 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:17AM (#13528195)
No but if you take your 401k money - withdraw it, create Irish shell companies, then have your employer pay the Irish shells , then tell the government you are Irish not a us citizen, liquidate all us holdings -- all to avoid IRS withholdings. Wtf? Please try it let me know how HRBlock goes.

Edit: under "do you have foreign accounts" check "no" as well. (Actually don't do any of this you will end up in federal prison)

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Re:Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker by WillPostForFood on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:05AM (#13528423)
It is kind of silly to blame Amazon for not paying sales tax. The legal obligation was on the buyer, not the seller, in out of state purchases. No company in Amazon's situation was paying sales tax.
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