Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread

[Ruken]

Such a bizarre exchange. Not sure if he’s taking the piss or just slow

@thelurkinghorror

The poor and middle class tend not to itemize deductions, so many people will probably have lower taxes or be unaffected. It looks like the really affected will be people who have very unusual situations like huge medical expenses or MFS and forced to itemize or moving expenses.

@Barack_Obama

This seems like a blatantly untrue statement… is there any statistics on the poor not filing for their deductions?

@HurricaneDitka

Yeah, there are, and thelurkinghorror is correct. Take a look at the chart here for the short answer.

@thelurkinghorror

Err… “the poor” take deductions, they just take the standard deduction. Unless your itemized deductions are more than 6300/12600, or more potentially under the new plan, you might as well take the standard.

@Barack_Obama

This is because the tax system is rigged in favor of the wealthy. The poor are too incompetent to file their own taxes, and too poor to pay someone else to do them for them.

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