Adding unusable RAM for tax reasons

Post by Hello71 » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:17 PM 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 dan-robertson » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:19 PM UTC

mhh__ wrote: post #23

eb0la wrote: post #13

Taxes are one of the most powerful incentives in the world. For instance, dumping positions at loss before new years eve might help you with your tax bill since you have losses. And of course, setting up a company in a country where you did buy a lot of spectrum and you have huge losses, effectively creating a tax credit ( https://www.reuters.com/article/telefonica-germany/update-2-... )

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

Post by danielfoster » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:22 PM UTC

Hello71 wrote: post #91

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…

source? upon searching for "e6 ham", "norway ham tax", "e6 skinke" etc found only this post.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:22 PM UTC

mmcgaha wrote: post #24

fooey wrote: post #14

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A seafood company in Canada has a 100 foot section of train track, where they load trucks on and right back off, in an attempt to get around the Jones Act requirement that goods shipped between 2 points in the US must use US flagged vessels https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2021/09/15/feds-accuse-...

We need something like the senate filibuster debate rule for taxes. Basically just state that there is this thing I can do to skirt the tax system so I declare a tax evasion without having to actually make people do stupid stuff.

Post by gowld » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:23 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #81

jrockway wrote: post #50

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How long does the rule apply for? If someone removes seats from their van, is that tax evasion? What if it's temporary? If an individual can do it, why not Ford? The problem I have here is how easy it is to avoid the tax. CBP shouldn't have any jurisdiction over car modifications and repairs; that responsibility falls to different agencies.

The courts tend to take a dim view of "clever hacks" to get around the law, where the intent is clearly to circumvent the law and the action has no other purpose. They don't always rule that way. But if you pull this kind of stunt, you risk the court saying, "Very clever. No."