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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I did taxes in my past as well and yes - there are a ton of people who abuse the system. I was at one of those instant refund tax places and they would know all the tricks to get back more then they deserved. And they should be caught and cracked down on.
But as a tax accountant - I'm sure you at minimum know of rich people who also pull every trick in the book to lower their taxes owing. Put their kid on payroll, pay their wife a dividend, setup a family trust. The big accounting firms make bucket loads of money just figure out ways to structure companies to minimize taxes. Its all the same scheme just at a higher level.
The poor guy goes to 10 different walk-in clinics to find someone to sign off on his disability claim. The rich guy pays KPMG to set-up a bunch of different companies to minimize his taxes.
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Absolutely.
But I've said this before and I'll say it again.
In my experience, most high-earning people dont mind paying their taxes.
They really dont.
Its when they watch their Government waste their hard-earned dollars that causes people sit back and say...
"Why give it to these clowns? I can manage this better myself."
And thats why we are where we are.
If people think there is only a small minority of 'benefits cheats' in this country? They're fooling themselves.
Its not a majority of claimants, but it is almost certainly a much bigger problem than most people think.
And once again, the system can only handle so much.