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When you are young, you think everyone has figured it out. You get your first job, your are told what to do. On your paycheck there is a precise number, taxes, health plan and 401k are automatically deducted. Life has an order ...Permalink On twitter.com
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But then you start a business. You buy widgets for $50 a piece from Shenzhen, China and sell them to Fernando in Portugal. They get shipped through Lima, Peru because the boxes are 2" too long for the normal route, saving you $2 per box ... maybe ...Permalink On twitter.com
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But Fernando's business is tax exempt through his son-in-law who works for a non-profit planting flowers at the highway in Fort Lauderdale. As you sit in front of your accountant explaining that $50 widgets are $48 because of Peru and untaxed with Flowers in Florida ...On twitter.com
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And he looks at you long, slowly stands up, goes to his bookshelf (which you thought is merely decorative) and pulls our the 2nd largest book from the top shelf. Then he sits there, in silence. Searching. That's when you realize ...Permalink On twitter.com
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... that nobody has figured it out. That everyone is just giving it their best attempt.Permalink On twitter.com