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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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You assume they’re paying it back and don’t do some pittance of a public service instead.
This article is basically their public flogging, they've paid their dues and can reenter society
For this to be criminal it'd probably require intent to be proven which is difficult without a "smoking gun" of an email being like "do this to avoid taxes or be fired"- CEO. For it just to be civil fines is a lot simpler to show. Their inevitable appeal and potential reduction in fine is a different issue.
Which is hilarious because ignorance is not a defence for poor people.
the poor are not, according to the american criminal system; 'people'. mutually exclusive categories.
Of course they have intent. That's not an issue at all. They're trying to avoid taxes, which is in itself legal, and they aren't denying that. Their theory is that the IRS is doing the math wrong.
It almost sounds like you're saying corporations are not people. Don't let the conservatives hear you say that.
Sure but that's a lot harder to prove.