• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    ‘Oh, our accountant says the valuation is just under the threshold for the new tax, what a coincidence!’

    Well that’s your risk to take. No different than if you cook your books now and claim lower income than you actually have. We don’t throw up our hands and conclude we can’t tax the wealthy. Maybe we need to seriously reform corporate charter law, and do things like prohibit corporations from themselves owning subsidiary companies. Reforms like that could prevent a lot of tax-dodging shenanigans.