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I assume they can infer from order volume and replenishment, mapped against cashflow and supposed inventory turns, whether someone is selling their approved pro
by jonnathanson 11y ago
I assume they can infer from order volume and replenishment, mapped against cashflow and supposed inventory turns, whether someone is selling their approved products. From there, they can audit franchisees with unusual patterns.
Example: My revenues are strong, yet my orders from Wheelys are suspiciously low relative to what sort of inventory you'd expect me to be turning. Red flag.
- gruez 11y agosolution: under-report your revenue as well! bonus: you pay less royalties
- oldmanjay 11y agoYou seem to feel very strongly that businesses should optimize for pathological cases. Most people are not thieves.
- task_queue 11y agoPeople will optimize to cut costs and not consider themselves thieves, but savvy business owners.
- jonnathanson 11y agoSure, but now our hypothetical system-gamer is dipping a pinkie toe into the muddy waters of tax fraud. He has to wonder if taking on that kind of risk is worth getting slightly better margins on sales from a coffee cart.