@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years (Alba Asenjo Dominguez/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/18/trump-immigration-crackdown-lost-taxes-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p48#a260518p48
@cdarwin@c.imEvery major party presidential nominee since Nixon had voluntarily released their tax returns
— Trump was the exception, not the rule,
and the “harm” he suffered was exposure to the same transparency his predecessors embraced without incident.
The original piece laid out why the whole thing was a scam:
Trump is the plaintiff,
the IRS and Treasury are the defendants,
and the DOJ defending those defendants is stocked with Trump’s former personal attorneys
@mela@zusammenkunft.net
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotSuppose a government created a new fiat currency paid only as a universal #BasicIncome to all residents, and levied highly progressive taxes on property which must be paid in this new currency.
Would this work to redistribute wealth, or would it merely drive up rents?
@45names@mastodon.social
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
https://open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOSnekEjrkMhmxD6Ae
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs a state budget with new taxes on social media giants, digital ads, and prediction and crypto markets, all likely facing lawsuits (Mitchell Armentrout/Chicago Sun Times)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfie
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyCommissioner Dan JŸrgensen: The EU is in a better position than in 2022, but the scale of the current shock to global oil and gas supplies is greater. Warns against lowering taxes on oil and gas, since that risks keeping demand high, putting pressure on supplies. https://www.…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs a state budget with new taxes on social media giants, digital ads, and prediction and crypto markets, all likely facing lawsuits (Mitchell Armentrout/Chicago Sun Times)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfie
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGavin Newsom -- California governor candidates clash on taxes, Trump and healthcare in lively debate (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/hub/gavin-newsom
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p107#a260518p107
@steve@s.yelvington.comBrian Kemp has renewed the suspension of Georgia motor fuel taxes, effectively using the State Treasury to disguise the disastrous effects of Trump's War.
@45names@mastodon.social
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialRemember folks: Today is tax day - the day to pay your quarterly estimated taxes.
I did, I paid.
And I remembered how the R-party President and the R-party Congress are essentially giving my tax money to Trump and his klan.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… Yeah, if you’re married, and you’re “P2,” your spouse does your taxes, but if this were relevant, they’d have to ask for this information.
P2 = the person that lets P1 declare their common taxes ;-)
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… Yeah, if you’re married, and you’re “P2,” your spouse does your taxes, but if this were relevant, they’d have to ask for this information.
P2 = the person that lets P1 declare their common taxes ;-)
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPay Z: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still earning rap music royalties, tax filings show (Jake Offenhartz/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/zohran-mamdani-taxes-rap-royalties-a14dc1b987d872eb5c8722ad82a9b125
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p139#a260416p139
@cdarwin@c.imA new analysis finds that tech giant Palantir Technologies paid no federal income taxes last year,
despite raking in hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to build out a mass network to surveil Americans
in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Palantir, which has landed multiple massive contracts under the Trump administration,
made $1.6 billion in net income last year.
It grew so much last year that it joined the list of the 20 most valua…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialInteresting look at who pays what amount of taxes.
#wisconsin
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itfinished 2025 taxes, gonna celebrate with a nap
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US IRS is yet to issue guidelines on whether prediction market gains should be taxed as derivatives, gambling winnings, or income, worrying accountants (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-knows-how-to-file-taxes-on-predi…
@scott@carfree.city
@joe@toot.worksIf they stop collecting taxes on oil because of Agent Orange's wars, they should also give people who don't choose to drive a gaser a tax break. It's only fair.
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza"Labour ‘not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits’ as Mandelson messages suggest, Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has said."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/j…
@samerfarha@mastodon.socialAchievement unlocked: scams in Icelandic. Can I haz citizenship???
@ErikUden@mastodon.dethey want to keep you busy, but this ain't bread and games no more
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyIt looks like Dutch government will avoid the unbearable dumbness of lowering fuel taxes amid a supply crisis! More sensible measures include compensating kilometers driven for work, support for low income households, and more subsidies for insulating homes.
https://
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDemocrats blast Trump over 'slush fund' in possible IRS lawsuit settlement (Justin Papp/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/trump-irs-taxes-democrats.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p84#a260515p84
@buercher@tooting.chThe result of Trumps war against Iran is that Iran can introduce taxes for the passage of the strait of Hormuz. Well done.
@servelan@newsie.socialOops...
Could Trump be on the hook for taxes on his $1.8B ‘slush fund’? Some experts say yes | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-taxes-slush-fund-settlement-b2986001.html
@45names@mastodon.social @kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
@brian_gettler@mas.toRE: https://mas.to/@brian_gettler/116506332823026464
Oh, and taxes. Brought to you by taxes. Of which many of us could pay more.
@45names@mastodon.social
@patrickquin@furry.engineerMinor accomplishments for today
- I’ve all but filed my taxes, and I only needed to reset the password to my paystub provider. Just one last check needed before I press the e-file button.
- I’ve installed and started using the calorie tracking app recommended last week from a nutritionist appointment
- I walked to the nearby grocery store this evening, and carried home two bags of food.
If I do in fact have long-COVID CFS like I suspect I seem to be making progress again…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialFOX News' own poll has citizens - stunned by skyrocketing prices on gas, groceries & healthcare - calling B.S. on the GOP's lies about US prosperity through lower taxes on the wealthy.
Reminder: The midterm primary elections are coming. MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE.
https://www.usvotefoundatio…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social"As part of the BUILD Act announcement, Lurie also said city departments had been convened to determine “a more effective source of funding” for affordable housing within three months."
Nothing says good planning and a complete strategy than cutting revenues while waiting for people to dream up a new source of funds.
Plan to halve SF transfer taxes on big deals awaits details | Politics | sfexaminer.com
@paulwermer@sfba.social"As part of the BUILD Act announcement, Lurie also said city departments had been convened to determine “a more effective source of funding” for affordable housing within three months."
Nothing says good planning and a complete strategy than cutting revenues while waiting for people to dream up a new source of funds.
Plan to halve SF transfer taxes on big deals awaits details | Politics | sfexaminer.com
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Star readers are well aware of the impeccable Thatcherite politics of Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage and leading ex-Tory figures who have jumped ship to save their political skins.
But just how have these charlatans managed to convince poor people whose lives have been blighted by 30 per cent child poverty in Wales, that low taxes and more austerity to pay for it is the answer?"
The Welsh elections: the disillusioned have had enough | Morning Star
@gwire@mastodon.socialAlways great to hear a spokesperson for the “our enemies commit the worst crimes” party urging the government to increase public spending and cut taxes.
@45names@mastodon.social @kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings:
🎵 What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?
#SharonJonesandtheDapKings
https://open.spotify.com/track/54wELgFR64NFOdRHJXBnsd
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeGot the official power numbers from my utility for the April billing cycle.
3572 kWh imported from grid, 200 kWh overproduction exported, for net 3372 kWh consumed/billed.
That is an all-time record for lowest power consumption (at least back to January 2024 which is the oldest bill I have easy access to).
Too bad it's also an all-time *high* for price per kWh - the effective price per kWh after taxes and fees hit 21.7 cents, a 15.4% increase since the start of the year…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioOnly 3 things are certain in life:
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. eBay sellers that don’t know how to pack things
@compfu@mograph.social#Kurzgesagt has a new video about how Germany is doomed because of low birth rate and a soon to be defunct retirement system. So far so good but it's a bit concerning that they beat the "taxes are too high so people don't have children" drum and underscore it with this graph. But the tax rate based on income is a curve! Using a bar graph with 4 income brackets of different wi…
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org @scott@carfree.cityProud to announce I'm a proponent of a ballot measure to use already voter-approved taxes on the rich to build affordable housing in SF!
Come to the kickoff Saturday at noon in Dolores Park! RSVP: https://luma.com/80dwzo8z
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJeff Bezos dismisses AI job fears, defends billionaires against "vilification", proposes eliminating income taxes for low earners, and praises President Trump (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/jeff-bezos-taxes-ai-corporations-trump.html
@aral@mastodon.ar.alJust like Hitler didn’t carry out the Holocaust on his own, neither is Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza being carried out by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu alone.
This is a nation state commiting a live-streamed genocide supported by the taxes of people in the US, the UK, and Europe (especially Germany).
We are all complicit and we will have to live with the collective shame for generations if we fail to stop it.
Stop the genocide!
Stop Israel!
Free Palestine!…
@newstik@social.heise.deYes, #Austria has high #taxes, and still the #government can't fund important services.
Then again, the country pays for the luxury of nine (!) provinces with a full government complement eac…
@nelson@tech.lgbtJust switched my cell phone from Verizon to Visible, operated by Verizon. Saving about half my bill. And it's an honest $40/mo, not $40 plus $20 in fees and taxes. The big catch is you can't walk into a store or get phone support but I don't want or need that.
@45names@mastodon.social @andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itfuck, how is it (US) taxes get _more_ complicated every year?
@pre@boing.worldGary's back after making his documentary for Channel four and he's frustrated and face-palming at the utter political ineptitude of the UK Labour Party that mean a collapse of 200 years of political bipartisan ship.
Great long rant.
He wants it to be the case that the Labour party have to do wealth taxes or they'll lose the next election, so they'll do wealth taxes.
What he doesn't seem to understand is Labour don't care if they win the next election, their mission is to protect the capital of their donors. Same as the other party in that two party system.
I long for the death of the two party system more than he seems to though. I'd rather have PR than Wealth Taxes and I'm sure he's the other way.
He is going to tell his viewers how to vote in 3 weeks time, and is pleading with Labour to make him an offer to say "Labour"
I will be voting Green whatever Gary says though. Even if they give Gary a convincing lie about how they might not protect their donor's capital after all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBsau5GlYcU
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @memeorandum@universeodon.comBlakeman: I'll dip into $3.8B Hochul 'slush fund' to lower NY taxes (Rich Calder/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/05/09/us-news/blakeman-ill-dip-into-3-8-m-hochul-slush-fund-to-lower-ny-taxes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260509/p32#a260509p32
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioThe French tax collector in this story is what every tax collector anywhere in the world hopes to become. I think.
#hostages #taxes #France #insensitive
@izzychambers@vivaldi.net@… Good idea. Maybe I will do the same. Doubt it will change anything, but it's worth a try. I've been thinking of selling my S&P 500 fund shares and buying something else, just for that reason. Want to avoid unnecessary taxes, of course.
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialEt tu, Norge?
Norway temporarily lowers taxes and levies on fuels:
https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/oppfolging-av-stortingets-vedtak-om-reduksjon-i-avgifter-pa-drivstoff/id3155277/
@jochenlingelba1@h-net.social‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
"It offers a set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors like industry and mining to education and health."
@cdarwin@c.imSen. Bernie Sanders has co-sponsored a bill that would cut taxes on families making under $92,000 and increase taxes on the wealthy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, two pillars and allies of the progressive movement, are in disagreement.
Democrats have in recent months proposed a variety of tax cut proposals, seemingly in response to President Donald Trump’s popular “no tax on tips and overtime” policies.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to eliminate inco…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyIn response to the growing global kerosene shortage, German government now plans to lower the taxes on air tickets 🤦🤦♂️🤦♀️
Fortunately, the taxes are ridiculously low, so this won't do much direct harm. But it's of course totally the wrong signal to give.
https://www.tag…
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comGood morning! Time to file my taxes!
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaWhere's my damn mission ephemeris file, NASA? I don't pay my taxes to get this terrible level of service!
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeGot my power bill for May. Net consumption was 2.73 MWh, an all-time low by a signficant margin (3.3 MWh in April 2026, and 3.77 MWh in July 2024, are the previous records).
The final bill after taxes and fees was $595, not *quite* an all time low (I paid $582 in July 2024) but that was for 3.7 MWh and I'm now paying almost as much for 2.7 - yay rate increases. If I can generate a touch more solar in June I might break the all-time low though.
Now if only I could generate thi…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDario Amodei outlines policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, geopolitics, more (Dario Amodei)
https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineReplace "tax" with "revolution insurance" whenever you're reading about taxes in the US, and it clarifies the stakes much better.
For example:
1) "'...the wealthiest folks...they're paying more for revolution insurance than the poorest folks. But are they paying as much in revolution insurance as they could pay to help run the country the way that we run it? And the answer to that is probably not,' said Anthony Infanti, a law professor a…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caTaxes filed!
#adulting
@tokensane@mastodon.me.ukBeware The #BillionaireAgenda
No taxes on billionaires.
Control all media.
Control all political parties.
Laws don't apply to billionaires.
Blame the results on migrants.
@servelan@newsie.socialTariffs:
Trump owes Americans billions — and he might be forced to pay - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-taxes-2676570652/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialAs regular Australians struggle, gas companies are making massive profits and paying minimal tax. It is perverse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/24/australian-gas-companies-massive-profits-paying-minimal-tax
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump tips DoorDash driver $100 for McDonald's delivery at Oval Office to promote 'no taxes on tips' (Emily Goodin/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/13/us-news/trump-tips-doordash-driver-100-for-mcdonalds-delivery-at-oval-office/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p87#a260413p87
@brian_gettler@mas.toHas anyone written a history of developer fees? I'd be especially interested in their use by governments to maintain low property taxes. Bonus points if the history focuses on Canada.
#histodons #taxation #RealEstate
@cdarwin@c.imA new analysis released Thursday estimates that the average American taxpayer shelled out over
$4,000 to the federal government last year “for militarism and its support systems” such as the Pentagon,
whose already-massive annual budget is poised to surge to $1.5 trillion if Donald Trump gets his way.
The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies found in its latest annual Tax Receipt report that,
through their federal taxes, the average US…
@45names@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialSF voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on any large business where the CEO earns 100x more than the median employee (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-09/sa…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's uphill climb on gas taxes (Ben Geman/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/12/trump-gas-tax-suspension-iran-obstacles
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p26#a260512p26
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNew York's $268 Billion Budget Deal Includes New Second-Home Tax (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/nyregion/hochul-taxes-budget-ny.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260507/p31#a260507p31
@paulwermer@sfba.socialGood!
Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/29/gullah-geechee-property-tax-relief-act?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialGood!
Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/29/gullah-geechee-property-tax-relief-act?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…
@brian_gettler@mas.toI'm just catching up on the Ontario budget. It's all too predictable but still galling to hear the finance minister respond to Steve Paikin's question about whether there would be any circumstances under which raising taxes would be a good idea with: "can't think of one."
https://youtu.be/zCooBrcCLdM
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI couldn't care less about a bunch of rich people in Brooklyn, I just read the article for the delicious drama. However, about halfway through the article, I started to see so many #FreeSoftware parallels.
1) Volunteers spend countless unpaid hours creating/maintaining something to better their community.
2) For-profit business packages it up as part of their offering.
!["It wasn't an option for us to continue the status quo, which was, I guess, [Elite Minds teachers] had a key and would come and go as they pleased," he said. "For organizations, it's a separate process, and it's not something community gardens have to do, but we chose to do it. It's been an enormous amount of work to try to get the process put together." Stead told Hell Gate that Urban Meadow and GreenThumb have been trading a draft of the new policy back and forth, but that due to time constra…](https://mastodon-usw-cache.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/116/506/113/345/509/029/original/71aa9447307cd8f7.png)
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, strengthened safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-to-know-a
@cdarwin@c.imBig Sky, big savings as rich motor through a loophole
Luxury car buyers in California and other states wanting their fancy ride but not wanting to pay sales taxes turn to Montana, -- which has no sales or personal property tax.
They register the car there, which they can do from anywhere with paperwork, and bring it back to their home state.
The Montana detour has become a well-known path for the rich to save some money on their Maybach and Maserati.
But California i…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDeSantis Proposes Axing Taxes on Primary Homes in Florida (Daniel Cancel/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-27/desantis-launches-plan-to-eliminate-taxes-on-most-primary-homes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260527/p61#a260527p61
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump tax returns get protection from IRS under fund settlement
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/trump-taxes-irs-doj-fund.html
@45names@mastodon.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comBezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes and praises Trump in CNBC interview (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/jeff-bezos-taxes-ai-corporations-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260520/p103#a260520p103
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNote to Democrats: Paying taxes is not a moral failing (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/democratic-tax-plans-2028
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p35#a260407p35
@45names@mastodon.social @45names@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imTrump executed a bizarre
"reverse-reversal" on Friday, when he
🤣 re-endorsed
Rep. Jeff Hurd just four weeks after urging primary voters to deny the Colorado Republican a second term.
Hurd, Trump declared on Truth Social,
“will do a fantastic job as your Congressman, including Growing the Economy, Cutting Taxes and Regulations, Promoting MADE IN THE U.S.A.,”
and a long list of other things.
Trump’s litany could have been copied and pasted al…
@45names@mastodon.social @45names@mastodon.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Clears Way for Companies to Avoid Taxes in Havens Including Malta and Cyprus (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/business/economy/offshore-tax-havens-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p69#a260529p69
@45names@mastodon.social @45names@mastodon.social @45names@mastodon.social
![Companies are going to get refunds for tariffs they already raised prices to pay for in a country that teaches everyone as kids that it is justified to start shooting people if taxes on our breakfast beverages are too high.
Good luck with that CEOs, sleep well.
[a live drawing of a crate labeled “Boston tea” floating in the Boston harbor with a sailing ship and city skyline in the background]](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/450/733/772/041/101/original/aa6dd966fa214311.png)
