• WhyIAughta@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    A friend in the field had told me that they preemptively make donations to offset their taxes. Let say it’s 1million dollars. they put up 1 million dollars of their own money, then they gather donations at the till towards this charity to pay themselves back for the money they spent.

    Again just what I’ve heard.

    • teejay@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I had a friend who once told me his brother discovered Alaska while riding in a hot air balloon. I wonder if we have the same friend.

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        “Had a friend at a business report that the business was casually doing fraud to lower their tax liability.”

        “Oh yeah? Well I had a friend who reported he is a talking monkey who lives in Mars.”

        “Damn, both of these stories sound equally far-fetched and unbelievable.”