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> “It was cheaper for them to rent a house to pay for that electricity.” I had a similar thought. 1) Unforeseen: When they checked-in they didn't know 'for s
by HenryBemis 2y ago
> “It was cheaper for them to rent a house to pay for that electricity.”
I had a similar thought.
1) Unforeseen: When they checked-in they didn't know 'for sure' that they will make that $100k, otherwise they would do it at home and avoid the pain.
2) Showing off: How does she know for a fact that 'they made $100k'? Perhaps they wanted to show off by saying something stupid like 'hey we made $100k in a week so we don't care about the $1.5k', in which case, is anyone from the IRS reading this?
3) IRS: Someone who is stupid/shady enough to do this, is not 100% legit on all their 'business practices'
- can16358p 2y agoIn many countries no one pays taxes for crypto mining/trading. They might be foreigners, or the money might be held as crypto overseas. (Agreed with the other points though)
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> in which case, is anyone from the IRS reading this? The IRS doesn't care if you lie to random strangers about how much money you have.
- HenryBemis 2y agoBut in the off chance these guys actually made 100k in a week by renting AirBnBs and moving desktops/servers/rigs then they might as well try to fly under the radar... If I was the IRS and wanted to find out crypto miners I would (among other controls) ask energy companies that provide electricity to retail (flats/homes/etc) to give me the outliers/extreme-right-of-the-bell-curve. It doesn't make sense that someone living in a studio of 30sqm to have a £500 monthly electricity bill unjustifiably.