Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

Post by desdiv » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 4:28 AM UTC

drcode wrote: post #211

magicalhippo wrote: post #73

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Here in Norway we have the infamous "E6 ham". We have an import tax on dry-cured ham[1], but not unprocessed meat. Someone figured out it was cheaper then to import unprocessed meat from Spain to Norway, turn the truck around as soon as they were customs cleared and drive the 3000 km or so back to Spain for curing. Once cured they'd re-import the processed meat, which now has a different tariff due to being "Norwegia…

Nutella was similarly invented as a chocolate substitute, to (you guessed it) avoid chocolate tariffs.

Post by gruez » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 4:38 AM UTC

dan-robertson wrote: post #93

mhh__ wrote: post #23

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This is why Carbon Taxes should be preferred over the state dictating policies to companies.

Carbon taxes seem to be pretty unpopular and I think it’s a failure of imagination for climate economists to keep repeating the same idea instead of trying to find things that are more palatable.

Post by gumby » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 4:53 AM UTC

autoexec wrote: post #209

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> or do they just want peaceful coexistence between the two species? Are they truly speciated or can they interbreed producing fertile offspring? "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" doesn't really address this as Superman is not a member of genus homo .

Mutants and humans can produce fertile offspring, but hybrids aren't impossible across species just uncommon. Bison and cattle, or grizzlies and polar bears are examples. Where we divide groups into "species" is pretty murky. I'm sure somewhere there has to be a biologist who loves comics enough to sort all this stuff out for us. Then again, I've seen Neanderthals called both a subspecies and a separate species of hu…

Post by shagie » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 5:12 AM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #73

geocrasher wrote: post #5

This reminds me of the Subaru BRAT in the early '80s. There was a 25% tarrif on imported pickups. So Subaru added two plastic jump seats in the back of the BRAT, even making them face backwards. No seat belts as I recall just handles. They weren't even really intended to be used. They were just cheap plastic. But they served the purpose of making the vehicle a four-seater car instead of a pickup, with only a 2.5% tar…

Here in Norway we have the infamous "E6 ham". We have an import tax on dry-cured ham[1], but not unprocessed meat. Someone figured out it was cheaper then to import unprocessed meat from Spain to Norway, turn the truck around as soon as they were customs cleared and drive the 3000 km or so back to Spain for curing. Once cured they'd re-import the processed meat, which now has a different tariff due to being "Norwegia…

Post by WalterBright » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 5:34 AM UTC

babypuncher wrote: post #124

etskinner wrote: post #71

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I wonder if they could, in theory, sell you the car for 150% of it's final price (so that they seats are there when sold), then buy back the seats immediately for 50% of its price. The invoice would say something like: Car with passenger seats: $15,000; Passenger seat buyback: $5,000; Total after buyback: $10,000. That way everyone gets what they want, and they've technically sold it with the seats still installed.

Frankly I think our justice system should be less tolerant of "hacks" like this. They clearly violate the intent of the law, even if technically following it to the letter.