@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia proposes zero taxes for foreign cloud providers through 2047 on services sold outside the country as long as they run workloads from Indian data centers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/india-offers-zero-ta…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump said tariffs (a regressive consumption tax primarily paid by American consumers)
may “substantially replace”
(progressive) income taxes.
Here is what policy experts say.
https://
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyTaxes are for things that we can best do together, organised via government. Given the large-scale challenges of climate change, security, and biodiversity, we'll have to do more together.
And yes, I'm aware that governments don't always spend the money wisely. Same for individuals, btw :)
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDemocrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/885225/democrats-irs-direct-file-act-taxes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p115#a260226p115
@45names@mastodon.social
@gwire@mastodon.socialJust saw someone on a YouTube video referring to the "Road Tax" in the UK.
There's no road tax - as in a tax that's specifically used to maintain UK highways - roads are maintained from general taxes.
It's a long-running anti-cyclist canard that cyclists use roads without contributing. The Conservatives promised - in 2018 - to make this real by ring-fencing Vehicle Excise Duty, but then quietly dropped this.
It doesn't help that AI assistants will …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCourt docs: the IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta, arguing it failed to report ~$54B in overseas profits; in December 2025, Meta sued the IRS (Jesse Drucker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/business/irs-meta-corporate-taxes.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSpanberger slams Trump on 'affordability' in SOTU response -- as Virginia Democrats push new taxes (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/spanberger-slams-trump-affordability-sotu-response-virginia-democrats-push-new-taxes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p4#a260225p4
@UP8@mastodon.social💢 Public backing for taxes falls when unfairness exposed
#taxes
@cdarwin@c.imTrump broke the promise that he made dozens of times while campaigning:
to stop the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours.
Trump has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
but has yet to establish a peace deal.
As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s attack approached, delegations from both sides met in Geneva for U.S. brokered-talks in mid-February
but did not reach a resolution.
About 31% of Trump's campaign promis…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMeta emails advertisers about "location fees" in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaHow many times must I tell #microsoft no? I have said NO several times before and it is still NO!
After taxes are done I will upgrade this machine to #mxlinux
@45names@mastodon.social
@servelan@newsie.socialTariffs:
Trump owes Americans billions — and he might be forced to pay - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-taxes-2676570652/
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
@smurthys@hachyderm.io"Man, I now have to pay taxes on birth control things? Let me save money by not using any and just have some babies instead, which are not expensive at all." 🙄
#China #birthControl #economics #birthRate #sarcasm
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThe endgame is simple: Satisfy #Trump's racist constituents.
They literally don't care about anything else. Not healthcare, not groceries, not even taxes.
☑️ Republican governor questions goal of Trump immigration crackdown: ‘What is the endgame?’
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialI am wondering why people still pay their Federal taxes?
(I sent my quarterly payment to the IRS about a week ago. And I cringed at the thought of what ill uses it might be used for.)
'How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”'
https://www.
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialEvery time I switch jobs, the inevitable "you messed up local taxes" happens. Fudge.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialThere's no way I'll ever want to do my taxes, mate.
#productivity #businessbro #lifehack
@UP8@mastodon.social⚽ US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that’s untrue
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/15/premier-league-parity-nfl-nba-mlb
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work. (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-irs-taxes-bisignano.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p21#a260126p21
@hex@kolektiva.socialThis gets especially interesting when you realize how there are several whole societies that are largely invisible to mainstream society. There's a whole bunch of law around monasteries which allow them to essentially operate almost entirely outside of the state. Similarly, Amish/Mennonite communities basically don't interoperate with the outside world most of the time. I lived on a religious commune for a bit (it was an Isis cult, which I wasn't really part of but that's a whole other story. And I'm not going to get in to the abuse elements of a lot of these because that critique is separate.)
A lot of these places can only exist because they don't have to pay taxes or comply with a number of laws. They often also can get government grants. There's a whole world of things that are built specifically to benefit Christian churches that can be subverted towards actually radical ends.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOwnwell, which uses AI to let homeowners appeal property taxes, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M; it also raised $20M in debt (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ownwell-raise-lower-homeowner-propert…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialIn this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and LLM will dutifuly exfiltrate your data via a hidden prompt:
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaI owe the government $3400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a
toilet seat.
-- Michael McShane
@rberger@hachyderm.ioEliminate billionaires (thru taxes, they don’t taste that good) https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116050051809082168
@crell@phpc.socialAh, filing taxes. That uniquely American form of torture. Land of the Free (to pay extra time and money for no good reason).
@benb@osintua.euRussia’s regions post record $19.9 billion deficit in 2025 as profit taxes fall and spending surges: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/08/russias-regions-post-record-billion.html
@pgcd@mastodon.onlineJust thinking of the excellent timing demonstrated by all European car makers who declared they planned on abandoning development of EVs in favor of ICE vehicles.
No worries though, we're paying taxes to bail out these idiots.
@45names@mastodon.social @servelan@newsie.socialExcept, of course, Congress has forced them on DC...
States Say No Thanks to Trump Tax Cuts, Drawing Republican Fire - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/states-taxes.html?searchResultPosition=1
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialDoin' US taxes again. Super blah without a donut!!
Last year my personal filing was about 200 pages long. (We also do a separate corporate filing.)
And once again my taxes will far, far, far exceed the actual disposable income I have received.
Yes, this is an upper-middle-class, first world problem.. But I do hate paying what amounts to big wads of $$ to pay for El Cheato's destruction of the US.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caSponsor a Separatist today!
#LetMeHelpYou #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #TheAmericanFascist #JustLeave #Alberta #ABPoli
@krispijn@social.sargasso.nlClémence Dubois, 350 dot org, said: “The right response is a strong windfall tax, which should be redirected to support households and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
(...)Cutting fossil fuel taxes during a crisis is not a relief for families, it’s a subsidy for companies that are already enjoying windfall profits.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/15/oil-company-shares-soar-to-all-time-highs-as-middle-east-war-turbocharges-price-per-barrel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizzaFIND A PUB
THAT NEEDS YOU
The government's signalled a potential u-turn on pub rates — but nothing's confirmed yet. Pubs still need your support. Find your local. See what they're up against. Buy a pint.
https://www.ismypubfucked.com/
@UP8@mastodon.social🥕 Mixing incentives and penalties found key to cutting carbon emissions long term
#carbon
@dr2chase@ohai.socialI need to pick up a repaired snowblower tomorrow, and drop some stuff (gifts, taxes) off at the post office. By bike, as one does. Pick up the snowblower first, so I can park the bike loaded trailer outside the post office, people need to see that it's possible (easy, even). I seem to have sorted the electrical problem on the e-bike, which is nice.
#CarryShitOlympics
@mikeymikey@hachyderm.ioLet's fuckin' go! Ship it!
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/democrats-unveil-wa-income-tax-on-people-earning-over-1-million/
@45names@mastodon.social @Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyThere's parties that always want to build or widen highways while not spending enough on maintenance of existing ones, blocking road pricing, and trying to keep taxes low.
In the Netherlands, they're finding out that this doesn't work. Tens of billions needed for maintenance now.
https://nos.nl/l/2606596…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Private jets and first-class passengers could be charged extra to fly"
#Aviation #Aeroplanes #Emissions #Climate
@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…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotIs it just me, or do others find it odd to hear journalists say that the UK 'must' take action to protect 'ex-pats' who have chosen to evade their fair share of taxation by moving to the Gulf?
I think an appropriate response would be to say to them, yes, of course you can return to blighty if you pay off all the taxes you've evaded while you've been away, but if you choose not to, you're on your own.
@newstik@social.heise.deThe electric vehicle boom in Norway is, in part, a result of high taxes. New vehicles are taxed at 25%, but new #EV at 0%. Registration fees are waved, as are (were?) city tolls, and often there is free EV parking. Plus there are income tax deductions for EV.
Businesses, on the other hand, profit from vastly cheaper electricity prices (compared to households) - or they can use the free (!) ele…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta emails advertisers about "location fees" in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhat if we just stopped paying taxes? (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-tax-strike-ice-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p16#a260123p16
@cdarwin@c.imNothing brings tech titans together like taxes.
This week, as the specter of a California “#billionaire #tax” ballot initiative gained momentum,
the moguls grew furious.
The outrage reached a fever pitch on X,
where the following scenarios were predicted, should the initiative be approved in Nov…
@45names@mastodon.social @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca#Rant
Rob Shaw is solidifying his position as the new Dean of Right Wing, anti-Worker Legislative Reporters in British Columbia.
With these gems, it's incredible that he has an education or goes to a doctor at all…
"The BCTF is typically one of the most militant unions, and quickly prone to job action.”
BCTF Strikes since 2000:
2005
2014
phew! almost got to three!
Remember that this was at the time of a union-busting BC Liberal government that had to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to get told that they ripped up union contracts unconstitutionally and were *forced* to compensate many years later.
"The ratification is a win for a New Democrat government. And extraordinarily expensive for taxpayers, too."
“extraordinarily expensive. Really? How is a wage increase that is *barely* in line with inflation after literally decades of below-inflation increases, “extraordinary”? I'll wait.
"Teachers can thank the BCGEU for turning what was an initial 3.5 per cent wage offer over two years by government, into a more than 12 per cent increase over four that is now forming the baseline for all other union deals."
Indeed! For those who can do math, that means 3% each of 4 years instead of 3.5 over two. But thanks Rob for making it seem like 4 times more!
Thanks BCGEU members for your solidarity and perceverence! I have been on strike. It sucks HARD. But it was worth it and it works.
"The ratification by the BCTF means roughly half of the 450,000 public sector employees now have deals of some sort with the province. Two majors left on the table are nurses and doctors.”
Oh no! Let’s not pay doctors and nurses! Surely they'll stay regardless in our incredibly overworked and under resourced healthcare system!
Like how does Mr Shaw believe we are to stay competitive or attract people. Or is he just not worried about getting sick….
"The skyrocketing deficit has the NDP government inking sweetheart deals with organized labour on the one hand, while pledging to cut public sector jobs with the other.”
Ya, we could have kept those public sector jobs if it weren't for fools like you who demanded governments cut taxes over the past 20 years instead of reasonable rises to... again…keep up with inflation and retain service!
It is a crappy balancing act that the NDP is doing and I do not like a lot of it. At the same time as Mr. Shaw complains about "sweetheart deals" for people in post-secondary, I am seeing historic cuts in that same sector. It's a blood bath actually. So the potential wage increases are going to be welcome, but feel pretty hollow as so many collegues have left.
Rob Shaw would have had us all lose our jobs and take a pay cut at the next one for good measure.
Thanks but no thanks Rob, your world view sucks.
https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-ndp-deal-with-bc-teachers-sets-another-costly-precedent-for-public-sector-talks-11966874
@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
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialSince the trumpies don't want to refund the illegal tariffs, perhaps we could pay our taxes with affidavits that say "pull the amount from my tariff refund"?
@cdarwin@c.imDemocratic senator Chris Van Hollen, viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is expected to release the measure next week as Democratic lawmakers search for a sharp economic message to counter last year’s Republican tax law.
Under Van Hollen’s proposal, workers making at or below a “living wage”
— $46,000 for taxpayers filin…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia's Supreme Court rules Tiger Global's $1.6B Flipkart stake sale to Walmart in 2018 is subject to taxes, a ruling that may shape future cross-border deals (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@45names@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imSome two dozen states challenged Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday,
filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
The Democratic attorneys general leading the suit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15% tariffs on much of the world.
Trump has said the tariffs are essential to reduce America’s longstanding trade deficits.
He imposed duties under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after the S…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comLive updates: Trump talks taxes, tariffs and immigration in State of the Union address (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-state-of-union-speech-2026-live-updates-rcna258811#rcrd101779
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p143#a260224p143
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialOur taxes are paying for the invasion of Venezuela.
Congress has abandoned the power to control expenditures.
So, how long are we going to keep paying for El Cheato to ravish our nation and other nations?
@cdarwin@c.im“I’m not paying my federal income taxes this year,”
Rachel Cohen declared in a recent Instagram video that received more than 140,000 likes.
The 31-year-old lawyer in Chicago plans to put the $8,800 she owes the federal government in a high-yield savings account instead.
She doesn’t want to fund wars in Iran and Gaza or immigrationagents detaining her neighbors, she said.
Many commenters said they wanted to do the same.
Others worried about her. “I’ve gotten a l…
@45names@mastodon.social @karlauerbach@sfba.socialHere's a piece about $billionaires threatening to leave California because of a proposed 5% wealth tax.
Hey guys (and as far as I can tell they are all guys): Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
They say "oh, California you will lose taxes because we are gone." Boo hoo - don't these guys know the concept of a non-performing asset, you know, a thing that produces no revenue? Well, from the point of view of Calif. these guys already pay no…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral (Philosopher Count)
https://philiptrammell.substack.com/p/capital-in-the-22nd-century
@cdarwin@c.imDid California lose Larry Page?
The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019,
has seen his net worth soar in the years since
—from around $50 billion at the time of his departure to somewhere approximating $260 billion today.
(Leaving his job clearly didn’t hurt his wallet.)
Last year, a proposed ballot initiative in California threatened billionaires like Page with a one-time 5 percent wealth tax
—prompting some of them to con…
@45names@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialUK crypto buyers are required to share their account details with tax officials starting January 1 or face penalties, as the UK seeks to collect unpaid taxes (Rachel Clun/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl2je65klo
@cdarwin@c.imLawmakers in Washington state this week approved a ⭐️new income tax on residents making more than $1 million
-- and could spur other states considering similar bills to approve their proposals.
Legislators in the Democrat-led Senate on Wednesday night approved the tax,
-- which will impose a 9.9 percent tax on earners making over $1 million per year and will fund education, prisons, universal school lunches and replace or reduce other taxes, among other things, Democratic l…
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