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I’m not sure about that either —- there were no tax havens back then. It’s so much easier since 80s to work around the tax system with off shore companies (gran
by ateng 5y ago
I’m not sure about that either —- there were no tax havens back then. It’s so much easier since 80s to work around the tax system with off shore companies (granted it is getting harder for the past decade)
Or was I unaware the widespread loophole back in the old days?
- nly 5y agoNot so much a loophole, but back in the 50s all kinds of income were treated the same which meant you could write off your income against your investment losses. I think it's naive to assume that rich Americans back then weren't working the system. If it was so great, why do we tax different kinds of income differently now?
- munk-a 5y agoI have always believed that the majority of the complexity in the tax code is derived from lobbying by special interests to lower taxes on their specific sort of income. Lately though it seems like tax filing companies have been the ones primarily responsible for sustaining the complexity of the tax code - though whenever someone's particular benefit comes up that group tends to get pretty vocal (i.e. exemptions for SALT taxes and home owner/child credits)