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This reminds me of a study on click fraud that showed that 20% of ad clicks were fraudulent. A separate study also said that ad prices were 20% lower than they
by ars 6y ago
This reminds me of a study on click fraud that showed that 20% of ad clicks were fraudulent. A separate study also said that ad prices were 20% lower than they should be. (The two studies were unrelated, but the correlation stuck with me.)
If 20% of taxes are under-reported, then just set tax rates 20% higher than they should be and move on.
If the number was higher it might be concerning, but 20% isn't such a high number we need drastic measures.
- Scoundreller 6y agoIn other words, click fraud primarily costs legitimate publishers money, not advertisers. Setting tax rates 25% higher won’t change a thing for complete evaders. It’s not 20% across the board.
- frankbreetz 6y agoIf you "just set the tax rate 20% higher" to make up for it, it will result in honest people picking up the slack for dishonest people. Obviously, this would not be the outcome we want.
- bumby 6y agoBesides the fact that the math doesn’t get you back to even (1.2*0.8 != 1), is your suggestion just doing this for for the subset of 1%ers or also similarly for every group that legally avoids taxes? What about those in the groups that don’t use the same loopholes? Arent they punished under this scheme?