Financial experts predicted Jeff Bezos’s move to Florida would pay off handsomely—and they were right. So far, the Amazon founder’s tax savings have been astronomical, worth an estimated $1 billion this year alone.

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      3 days ago

      From what I understand - avoidance is using legal means to avoid paying tax, while evasion is using all the other means to evade getting taxed altogether.

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      It’s called optimal accounting in my classes. It’s not only legal but also annoying as shit when having to audit a company as a project.

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      You know what else is legal? Denying healthcare claims automatically. When the laws stop serving the people, don’t expect people to follow them out of the goodness of their hearts.

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      It’s called that if you’re not a billionaire and it’s legal, too. Taking your personal deduction is tax avoidance.