Re:The carried interest loophole survives again
by whiddershins on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:27AM
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The poorer you are the higher a percentage of your money you typically spend.
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Re:The carried interest loophole survives again
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:35AM
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The margin is not based on the percentage of your income/wealth that you spend, it is based on the amount you spend. Like income.
For example, $0 to $50k per year spend is taxed at 0%, then $50k to $100k is 10%, etc.
Although a continuous exponential function is preferable than discrete cliffs.
Re:The carried interest loophole survives again
by whiddershins on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:05AM
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Are you saying that is how VAT works? Because I have no idea how any could keep track of all that.
Re:The carried interest loophole survives again
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:58AM
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No, marginal sales tax is not in effect anywhere. Assuming electronic payments, I could see it being relatively easy to track everyone’s spending since bank accounts/credit cards/etc would be tied to tax ID #s. Of course, there are all sorts of issues with possible downsides and jurisdictional issues.