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One way or another the system has to have a way to handle high fraud vendors. It appears the vast majority of porn vendors experience high fraudulent card use a
by reaperman 3y ago
One way or another the system has to have a way to handle high fraud vendors. It appears the vast majority of porn vendors experience high fraudulent card use as well as high chargebacks. Perhaps the merchant gateways could just charge really high onerous fees instead.
- Retric 3y agoThis isn’t about credit cards but normal banking services. They can’t maintain a company bank account to do things like pay taxes, which is why crypto doesn’t work for them.
- Scoundreller 3y agoTaxes (at least US federal) are one of the few things you can pay for in unlimited amounts with cash. They have a nice page about how to make an appointment (recommended 30-60 days in advance): https://www.irs.gov/payments/what-to-expect-when-you-pay-cash-at-an-irs-office https://www.irs.gov/payments/what-to-expect-when-you-pay-cas...
- lazide 3y ago"Hi, IRS? I've got a billion dollars worth of 'other, unspecified' income I need to pay taxes on in Cash. My name? Uh...."
- ixs 3y agoIf the person on the phone had said “Capone, Al” instead of “Uh…” he’d possibly not gone to jail. Even ill gotten gains are taxable and the theory of one crime at a time suggests that even “other, unspecified” could be with paying taxes on to reduce the likelyhood of successful criminal persecution.
- lazide 3y agoThey’d have nailed him with something else - it just might not have been so easy. That said, pay your taxes even if you’re a criminal for sure!
- User23 3y agoFun fact: One of the most closely guarded pieces of paper in those offices are the tax receipt forms. Because if you can produce a tax receipt it's good as cash for meeting your tax obligations.