stackyFACTSThe civic duty of paying up is a beautifully inescapable triple-threat. You are charged when the employer pays you, charged again when you try to buy groceries, and then penalized on the tiny sliver of interest you manage to accumulate.
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The government already knows exactly what you owe, but forces you to do complex math anyway. If you guess the numbers wrong, they enthusiastically penalize you.
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How do ultra-billionaires actually avoid paying massive income taxes legally?
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