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[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 124 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is illegal, but the US is completely toothless with enforcement on anyone with any amount of wealth.

[–] Dragonmind@lemm.ee 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully, Biden recently gave the IRS some teeth to go after millionaires who rely on tax dodging. So there's hope as long as a criminal isn't put in charge to de-teeth the government again.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

And hopefully the pendulum doesn't swing too far next year for all that effort to be rolled back

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

The penalties are also so minimal that it's cheaper to re-offend