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Re:Doing Business in Japan by cperciva on Friday November 07, 2014 @04:47PM (#8574811)
There is some evidence that Americans will schedule their deaths in order to save on taxes (http://www.columbia.edu/~wk2110/bin/dying-final.pdf). I wouldn't be surprised if the cultural equivalent is scheduling one's death to give your loved ones more vacation time...
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Re:Doing Business in Japan by sfrank2147 on Saturday November 08, 2014 @12:29PM (#8577515)
As the paper mentions, it's also possible that people are lying to the IRS about the date of relatives' deaths. (I personally think that's the more likely interpretation, but I guess it depends on your priors).
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Re:Doing Business in Japan by jacquesm on Friday November 07, 2014 @05:31PM (#8575028)
Very sad.
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