• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    2 小时前

    Because due to fancy accounting they haven’t made a profit? Reminds me of how movie studios can make even the most successful movies unprofitable on paper to get out of profit sharing deals.

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      I think you can, but most people take the standard deduction every year (which is supposed to represent these things) rather than calculate the itemized deduction with receipts.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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        I’ve itemized a bunch of times and you were pretty limited in what you could deduct. If you have a mortgage you can deduct the interest but not the payments. And before 2020 you deduct a portion of your household expenses if you had a home office.

        But to a business those are all operating expenses and businesses only pay tax on profits.

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    5 小时前

    Just a symptom of why the US has budget issues constantly every year.

    Companies that can afford to pay taxes with absolutely zero negative impact to operations instead get a free ride. Meanwhile most individuals pay half their income to taxes and half the country lives paycheck to paycheck.