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> The rich person just saved $25 million that would have otherwise been taxed. In this example, wouldn't it have cost this person $50 million dollars though?
by dabber 3y ago
> The rich person just saved $25 million that would have otherwise been taxed.
In this example, wouldn't it have cost this person $50 million dollars though?
- itsoktocry 3y agoPeople have this idea that there's something magical about "write-offs". In this case the rich person is spending $50 million dollars to save the tax on $75 million? Makes zero sense.
- rufus_foreman 3y agoCosmo Kramer: It's a write-off for them. Jerry: How is it a write-off? Cosmo Kramer: They just write it off. Jerry: Write it off what? Cosmo Kramer: Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything. Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is. Cosmo Kramer: Do you? Jerry: No, I don't. Cosmo Kramer: But they do. And they're the ones writing it off.