alt Hacker NewsI put "loophole" in quotes for a reason.
The person in question was arrested and charged with tax evasion and filing a false sales tax return. What he is alleged to have done is illegal.
The state was under no obligation to alert him to the fact that they believed he had committed tax evasion and filing a false sales tax return before they arrested him and charged him with a crime.
What he seems to have expected was an opportunity to pay to settle a criminal charge before it landed him in cuffs. This I should be able to pay to make it go away attitude seems especially prevalent in American society today.
This Montana car registration scheme is, I believe, often referred to as "loophole" not because it's legal but because so many people have been able to get away with it without consequence that it is seen by many as relatively low-risk.
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> This I should be able to pay to make it go away attitude seems especially prevalent in American society today.
It works for the billionaire class, why shouldn’t it work for everyone else?
This is what’s ultimately going to kill what’s happening in the US today: when people in power decide that the rule of law is just a suggestion, they’re going to find that there are people willing to use that against them in ways that they’re not going to like.
Creating a LLC or other entity with no purpose except [checks notes] tax avoidance is not legal. That’s about as fundamental of a tax law as there is.