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Jeff Bezos paid an income tax rate of 1.2% last year on $13 billion in profit

Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:15 am
Posted by Frank Black
the dawn of the new millenium
Member since Mar 2004
5281 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:15 am
That's one point two percent

And here's the kicker. It was the fist time in 3 years that Bezos paid ANY income tax.

Messed up? Maybe. Legal? Yep

fox business
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
57264 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:27 am to
How to spot a bullshite article in one sentence...

quote:

Jeff Bezos' sprawling e-commerce empire said it paid $162 million in federal income taxes on $13.3 billion of U.S. pre-tax income, an effective tax rate of 1.2 percent. It deferred more than $914 million in taxes.


1/ This isn’t Jeff Bezos personal taxes —though they try to make it appear that way.

2/ The headline says “$13 B in profit” when it’s really $13B in income.

3/ and if deferred —will eventually pay almost $1Billion in taxes on that income.

Good lawd. This is the stupidity we are up against in this country.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 1:31 am
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
13085 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:32 am to
Last time I looked, Jeff Bezos is not standing for election to the office of POTUS.

The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.
Posted by Frank Black
the dawn of the new millenium
Member since Mar 2004
5281 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:35 am to
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to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong.
What is the NY Yimes right about? What are they alleging?
Posted by stuntman
Florida
Member since Jan 2013
9099 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:37 am to
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If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.



The less he paid in taxes, the more I like him.


frick taxes.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
57264 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:39 am to
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If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.
Exactly. You’ll believe exactly what you want to—even with no evidence. Releasing his taxes... won’t make any difference to you.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
131390 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:39 am to
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The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong.


not really.

quote:

If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


no. the more gullible of you will choose to believe the NYT.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
57264 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:41 am to
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The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.

quote:

GeorgeWeat
Oh, BTW... when did you stop molesting children?
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 1:42 am
Posted by Wild Thang
YAW YAW Fooball Nation
Member since Jun 2009
44181 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:41 am to
quote:

The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.



Posted by pankReb
Defending National Champs Fan
Member since Mar 2009
64535 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 1:45 am to
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If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud


How, specifically, did he cheat or defraud the IRS?

If he did nothing illegal, then the true fault lies upon those responsible for the tax codes those years. Wanna take a stab at who that is?
Posted by Forever
Member since Dec 2019
5740 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 2:06 am to
Do you people even understand what the frick the words “cheat” and “fraud” mean? Hint: they don’t refer to things that every single business owner in the country does legally
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68313 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:12 am to
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The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


yep. he was cheating the irs while calling all those killed in action losers and suckers

Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
48929 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:22 am to
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The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


"The Paper of Record" provide documents to prove what we wrote about you isn't true!

How liberal of you, you fricking unhinged nuts.

Sulzberger carrying on a long tradition of being a mouthpiece for international Bolshevism
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 5:26 am
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
29793 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:30 am to
quote:


The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


You’re certifiably nuts. Anti-American, tyrannical and nuts.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
123940 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:30 am to
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Jeff Bezos paid an income tax rate of 1.2% last year on $13 billion in profit
Buffett is worse. The difference is, Buffett advocates raising taxes on the rest of us, while he essentially will offshore his entire untaxed estate after he dies.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37527 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:30 am to
quote:

The POTUS needs to release his returns to prove he is right and the NYT is wrong. If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


Just wow. You really are unhinged
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37527 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:31 am to
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he did nothing illegal, then the true fault lies upon those responsible for the tax codes those years. Wanna take a stab at who that is?


Probably some senator that has been in politics for 3+ decades if I had to guess
Posted by mightyMick
Member since Aug 2018
3067 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:33 am to
If you aren't convinced by now that the nyt is FoS and fake news, you never will, and will remain ignorant and hateful the rest of your life.
Posted by honeybadger07
The Woodlands
Member since Jul 2015
3263 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:35 am to
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If he won't release them, most of us will assume he is a tax cheat and a fraud.


Majority of people’s minds have been made up on this BS already...you think this will swing peoples decisions at this point hahahahaha

And if you still want those tax returns....wouldn’t you want to see the Biden family returns as well?? You fricking hack
Posted by Johnpettigrew
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2017
1633 posts
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:38 am to
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Do you people even understand what the frick the words “cheat” and “fraud” mean? Hint: they don’t refer to things that every single business owner in the country does legally


You do realize that if he actually cheated and committed fraud, he would have been charged by the IRS. Not like they have not audited him a few times. Also, do you think he does his own taxes? Do you think he reviews them or just signs them when put in front f him? Do you think all his businesses are S corps where profits are reported in k1’s and added to personal income tax? The NYT’s article was written for simple minded people with little to no idea how taxes work like yourself. Beat you pay HR Block $250 to fill your 1040ez return.
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