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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> already has the weight of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> behind his efforts to strip funding from top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deport</span></a> millions of unauthorized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> &amp; pressure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignGovernments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignGovernments</span></a> to change their economic policies.</p><p>With the sprawling bill that passed through the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> on Thurs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are also preparing to enlist the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCode</span></a> as another tool against Trump’s political foes.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/republicans-taxes-trump-opponents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D8897650-C8DC-4320-B385-DFA3B3D729D8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/republicans-taxes-trump-opponents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D8897650-C8DC-4320-B385-DFA3B3D729D8</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GuillotinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GuillotinesWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheDailyShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDailyShow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndPoverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCode</span></a> </p><p>“Poverty, by America” author Matthew Desmond shares how the US could end poverty if the top 1% of Americans just paid the taxes they owed</p>
Linda, hanging on by a threadRant, taxes
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>the giant pot of bitcoins bought with leverage and the money of retail suckers that masquerades as a company known as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MicroStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroStrategy</span></a> (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MSTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSTR</span></a>) has a massive tax problem and has run to the IRS for help. They teamed up with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coinbase</span></a> and wrote a 76 page Very Angry Letter about how they cannot possibly be expected to follow the tax code as written.</p><p>(tl;dr the value of their bitcoins went up and they don't want to pay taxes on them despite taking an absolutely *massive* tax impairment a year or two ago when their bitcoins had gone down)</p><p>For bonus points consider that the CEO of MicroStrategy <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MichaelSaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSaylor</span></a> was personally busted for massive tax fraud and had to pay a $51 million fine just a few months ago.</p><p>* WSJ: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/microstrategy-federal-income-tax-unrealized-gains-f60b2c04" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/finance/currencies/mic</span><span class="invisible">rostrategy-federal-income-tax-unrealized-gains-f60b2c04</span></a><br>* no paywall: <a href="https://archive.ph/U4LQC" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/U4LQC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>* 76 page letter: <a href="https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/25504499-coinbase-and-microstrategy-letter-to-the-irs-2024-0046-0028_attachment_1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legacy.www.documentcloud.org/d</span><span class="invisible">ocuments/25504499-coinbase-and-microstrategy-letter-to-the-irs-2024-0046-0028_attachment_1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MichaelSaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSaylor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxcode</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stockmarket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/btc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>btc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plan</span></a> features new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incentives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incentives</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pricecaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricecaps</span></a>. </p><p>Any <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/changes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changes</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/taxcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxcode</span></a> require <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congressional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/approval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>approval</span></a>, and depend heavily on which <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> controls the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/16/kamala-harris-economic-policy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2024/08/16/kamala-har</span><span class="invisible">ris-economic-policy.html</span></a></p>
jacqueline<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://qoto.org/@cweickhmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cweickhmann</span></a></span> </p><p>"(...) The establishment of a non-profit foundation under US tax law (501(c)(3)) by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> gGmbH should ideally wake up the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BMF</span></a> to finally expand §52 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TaxCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCode</span></a> to include a few contemporary non-profit statuses. The development and free provision of free <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> software (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>) should be one of them. (...)</p><p>a loud cry for a certain systematization and principle orientation of the non-profit regulations in Germany. (...)"</p>