BalpeenHammer

Maybe the mother was even worse. Maybe she was an alcoholic or a drug addict. Maybe she was negligent or abusive towards the kids.

Sometimes the courts have to choose the lesser of two evils.

So no one should ever pay any tax is what you’re saying?

Again why do you resort to lying? Why are you being so dishonest? Do you think acting in a sleazy dishonest way like this makes you look good or wins arguments?

When did I say nobody should ever pay taxes? Why did you feel compelled to lie like this?

All I am saying is that humans should be given the same affordances as businesses. If I don't eat or drink or have clothes to wear I go out of business. I die. I should be able to deduct every penny I spend on anything that keeps me alive.

Could you please do that now, or there’s no point continuing this because you can’t understand why the difference exists.

It's doubly futile when you continually lie about what I am saying. Shame on you. Stop being such a dishonest sleazeball and have an adult conversation.

Tax is automatically deducted from our salaries here too, but you still have to lodge a tax return every year. This is where you claim all your deductions from the previous 12 months.

We don't do that here typically.

Definitions matter.

I know. That's why I say there is a difference between revenue and profit.

Guess what? You can if the utilities are used for your work, such as working from home.

I need them to live so they are expenses I need for work. Same goes for food, transportation, clothing, shelter etc.

I should be able to deduct all of those expenses from my income.

Yes, really. How old are you btw? Do you have a full time job? Have you ever done a tax return?

I live in New Zealand. We don't do tax returns here. Our taxes are automatically deducted from our salaries.

You might want to go see an accountant asap and get them to add some deductions for the last few years ;).

If I lived in Australia and if I had kept the receipts for every item I bought that I used at work and if the deductions of all those things would make a measurable impact on the taxes I paid I would do that.

Revenue != income, first and foremost. Revenue is total earnings from sales of services and products by a business. Income/profit is what a business is left with after expenses (and other things we don’t need to get into) are deducted.

Revenue is income. Income is not profit. Surely as an adult who has filed taxes you know this.

Do you see why what you’re saying literally does not make sense?

Ok then why can't I deduct all my expenses for living and pay taxes only on the amount left? If a business gets to deduct the equipment they buy then I should be able to deduct all the food and clothes that I but. If a business gets to deduct their utilities I should be able to deduct my utilities. If a business gets to deduct the amount they pay employees and contractors I should be able to deduct any money I pay to tradies.

Why should I be punished for paying taxes on all my income while a business pays only a tiny percent of their income?

What are their expenses anyway? They don't have many employees, they don't have inventory, they probably have a decent sized amazon bill but I doubt it's that much given how small NZ market is.

You can deduct your laptop case, at least you can in Australia.

Really? Do you have any citation for this? If I bought a laptop case so I could put my work laptop in it I could deduct it from my income?

Businesses and individuals have different tax laws for good reasons.

So you say. I disagree.

If businesses had to pay tax as an individual then there would be maybe 10 businesses left in the world.

Again you keep repeating this as if it was some law of nature or something. If that's true then by logical inference there would be only 10 people left in the world who were not bankrupt. How come normal humans can pay tax on revenue and not go bankrupt but a business would?

I was going to say that I’m sure you can see how that would be bad, but I’m not sure.

I just don't believe your outrageous and unsubstantiated assertion.

That would be a rational way to look at it. It's obvious he was not a very rational person.

Why isn't my income revenue?

Businesses only get to deduct business related expenses

What other kinds of expenses does a business have?

the same way you and I get to deduct income-earning related expenses.

like what? I can't deduct my costs associated with traveling to work. I can't deduct my clothing I buy for work. I can't deduct my lunch at work. I can't deduct my laptop case or anything like that.

I incur tons of expenses for my work. I can't deduct any of it.

It's just not believable that a ticket clipping service which charges both the consumer and the restaurant is only making 1% profit. It's not like they are investing in equipment or holding inventory or anything like that.

I didn't know they charged the restaurants. I am surprised they would accept that deal.

My theory is that he couldn't deal with the thought of living without his children. For him this was just suicide because he knew they were going to take his kids away.

I find it hard to believe they were all living in that site for four years. It seems like there should be at least one other place where they regularly stayed.

In four years you'd have built a decent shelter.