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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Raise Taxes on the Rich... by gnicholas on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:10PM (#18942557)
Nope, taxpayers do as much as is efficient. If a tax lawyer says "I can save you $50k in taxes by setting up a new corporate structure, but it will cost $25k to set up and another $10k per year to maintain", then the taxpayer probably won't do it.

But if rates go up, then it turns into saving $100k, but with the same costs of implementation and upkeep. Basically, as rates go up, it makes sense to do more tax planning.

Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Raise Taxes on the Rich... by bryanlarsen on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:23PM (#18942693)
Sure, but we're talking about a $10M bracket. They're already at enough savings that it's worth spending $1M on tax avoidance even with a 39.6% rate...