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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by sssilver on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:32AM (#46931837)
An important thing that this joke misses is that both economists now also owe federal income tax and social security tax.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:59AM (#46931946)
Were the payments considered income?
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by direwolf20 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @06:37AM (#46933393)
Yes, but they just didn't tell the IRS and nobody was any the wiser
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by jermaustin1 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @08:34AM (#46934052)
Yes, but they were under the 1099 reporting limits, while they both owe taxes on them, neither were required to report it to the IRS... assuming this is the one and only time they paid each other for services rendered.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by RobotToaster on Sunday February 08, 2026 @04:54AM (#46932888)
If they routed the payments through a shell company it would be written off as business entertainment expenses.
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