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A comment on Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal. Parent comment

Re:Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal by lmm on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:19AM (#14513588)
The people involved probably believed they were doing what the government was incentivising them to do. Heck, they probably were. I've invested in a tax-advantaged pension, is that "theft"? I've signed on a patent application that my then-employer probably wouldn't've made if there hadn't been an R&D tax credit for it, is that "theft"?
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Re:Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal by turbinerneiter on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:43AM (#14513740)
That's not what they did.

What they did is pseudo-trade around stuff and gave multiple persons checks with tax that was never paid so people could get back tax that they never paid.

There is no moral wiggle-room if you try to get tax returns on tax you didn't pay. If you don't agree, pay me back the money I never gave you. Doesn't make sense at all.

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