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> So complicit are your governments that in several European countries bribes still are tax-deductible. He must be confusing Europe with the US where bribing i
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
> So complicit are your governments that in several European countries bribes still are tax-deductible.
He must be confusing Europe with the US where bribing is called "lobbying" and is usually not tax deductible: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p535/ch11.html#en_US_2014_publink1000209202 http://www.irs.gov/publications/p535/ch11.html#en_US_2014_pu...
While we also have corruption at all levels of government in Europe, we still consider bribing illegal. Doing creative accounting to hide the bribes is also illegal.
- differentView 11y agoHe was referring to bribery of other countries such as Brazil and Saudi Arabia in his examples.
- ariwilson 11y agoI think this is referring to bribing foreign officials, not officials of the European country. See, e.g. the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
- stefantalpalaru 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States#Foreign_lobbying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States#...