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#Trump cuts $2 #billion #Harvard funding: 'Lose #tax exempt status if you want to push #political #ideology' | https://tinyurl.com/24chbrm2
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Starbuck;s shows how intellectual property is used to transfer profits to low/no tax jurisdictions.
Starbucks in the UK made a £35m loss in 2024, but paid £40m in royalties to its parent company. You don't have to be an economist to see what is going on here.... royalties within a corporate group are not about 'ownership' of the brand, they are about where the profit is going to be taken.
The division that holds the Starbuck's IP will be in a low tax country!
#tax
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/15/starbuckss-uk-retail-business-paid-no-corporation-tax-last-year
Hold the Prosecco! Family Italian wine importer facing $1million tax hit Thursday thanks to ‘terrible’ Trump tariffs https://www.diningandcooking.com/2019485/hold-the-prosecco-family-italian-wine-importer-facing-1million-tax-hit-thursday-thanks-to-terrible-trump-tariffs-2/ #day #importer #Increase #Italian #ItalianWine #liberation #Prosecco #tariffs #tax #trump #Wine
Are y’all REALLY paying taxes today? I am putting it off as long as I can. Just filing one extension after another until the end of time if necessary. #tax #taxday #taxtherich
Props to all you strugglers out there just now starting your tax return.
Last minute isn't late.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/23156/ Why Rory McIlroy won’t pay a penny of UK tax on mega £3.2million Masters payday | Golf | Sport #Florida #Golf #Golf(section) #RoryMcIlroy #RoryMcIlroyHouse #Sports #Tax #TheMasters(Golf) #UK #UnitedKingdom
Billionaires and democracy cannot coexist.
The only answer is to remove the billionaires that run our society from power, take their stolen wealth and
use it to meet people’s needs. These six programs would be a crucial way to start building the new kind of society we deserve and desperately need.
Credit: @pslnational on Instagram
Ofgem is exploring how to make the fixed costs of sustainable energy production proportional to income, because Ofgm think green energy will see a switch from an emphasis on variable costs to fixed costs & this could be regressive in economic terms.
This is all very well, but don't we have system by which costs can be allocated relating to income... its called the tax system - how long before they hit on a tax subsidy to energy generators?
And then (re)nationalisation?
It's Tax Day in the U.S. If you haven't filed, don't panic.
@WSJ explains how to file for an extension, noting that 1 in 8 Americans files late.
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So, it's tax day. If, like us, you've put this off to the last minute: good luck. Even if you don't need to file a return, you have to file one to get any refund you're entitled to.
There are ways of filing simple returns for free, with additional options if you made less than $67,000 last year. You may find them useful. https://www.irs.gov/file-your-taxes-for-free
The push extends across agencies: Last week, the #SSA entered the names & #SocialSecurity numbers of >6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively slashing their ability to receive benefits or #work legally in the #UnitedStates. Federal #tax & #immigration enforcement officials recently reached a deal to share confidential tax data for people *suspected* of being in the #US illegally.
#law #privacy #security #Trump #Musk #WhiteSupremacy #Gestapo
Finished taxes. It hurt this year.
And I don’t like subsidizing Trump’s personal interests.
Time for some slow yoga, a little meal, then some bed.
Hope you’re doing well.
Corrupt idiots 
‘The 
business elite initially saw tariffs as the price to pay in order to gain other benefits from a #Trump White House, including lax #antitrust enforcement and big #tax cuts.’
https://on.ft.com/42ycaWj
Speaking of the integrity of government records, my tax assessment...
justifying 2,000 hours of "market research" on Satisfactory under #IRS audit:
"you don't understand, let me show you what I can do with these hypertubes"
"sir, expenses needs to be BOTH ordinary AND necessary and this is neith—"
"you'll understand in a second"
[ 6 hour demonstration ]
“DWP PIP cuts under fire as Labour MP goes rogue and launches huge petition”
by Steve Topple in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour
“[Richard] Burgon has initiated a petition titled ‘Tax Wealth – Don’t Cut Disability Support,’ which has already attracted over 40,000 signatures, indicating robust support from the public”
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/14/dwp-pip-petition-cuts/
Why the fexx do Americans think that corporations support corrupt (most of them) politicians in Congress, the Senate and the White House?
There has to be a return on that money. Maybe the US people could reconsider who is really to blame for a poor healthcare system and deteriorating public services? Not I should point out that companies donating to the Tories and Labour want anything different
Brandt 
