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shuttersparks@diaspora.glasswings.com

The IRS "expansion" isn't an expansion at all. The aim is to restore the IRS to what it was before the Republicans gutted it to benefit their billionaire friends.

Notice who sponsors the flood of political ads: organizations like Americans for Prosperity, the propaganda outlet of the Koch Brothers.

https://shuttersparks.net/the-irs-expansion/

#USPol #politics #IRS #GOP #republican #expansion

prplcdclnw@diasp.eu

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale

After a year of reporting on the tax machinations of the ultrawealthy, ProPublica spotlights the top tax-avoidance techniques that provide massive benefits to billionaires.

https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files

Last June, drawing on the largest trove of confidential American tax data that’s ever been obtained, ProPublica launched a series of stories documenting the key ways the ultrawealthy avoid taxes, strategies that are largely unavailable to most taxpayers. To mark the first anniversary of the launch, we decided to assemble a quick summary of the techniques β€” all of which can generate tax savings on a massive scale β€” revealed in the series.

#wealthy #billionaires #propublica #irs #leak #irs-leak #tax #taxes #tax-avoidance #ultrawealthy #multi-billionaires