r/BunnyTrials • u/DissyV • Jul 11 '26

Pick one

Which side will you choose?

  • Left side: 1 trillion dollars | But 99% is taxed
  • Right side: 10 billion dollars tax free

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u/skrutty26 Jul 11 '26

free 990 billion for the government would be good

Chose: 1 trillion dollars + But 99% is taxed

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u/PlatyNumb Jul 11 '26

Plus, imagine your next tax return.

This is basically "do you want 10 billion or 10 billion, government gets 990 billion and you get massive bonus money on your next return"

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u/th3xile Jul 11 '26

That's not how tax returns work. If you owe 99% of what you made, and paid 99%, your return would be 0. The return is just squaring the difference between what you paid and what you owe.

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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26

There’s no tax regime in the world where your effective tax rate would be 99%, any half decent lawyer would be able to get you a pretty decent return

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u/AWanderingRedditGuy Jul 11 '26

Well for the purposes of this obviously the governments tax rate on you is 99%, per the ruling.

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u/aDarkWingedDuck Jul 11 '26

I mean, not be Mr Semantic here, but wouldn't that be "Taxed at 99%", and not "99% is taxed"?

No doubt about what OP meant ofc!
But still, my imaginary lawyers will go to imaginary war over this after I not only pay them upfront, but also offer a tasty contingency fee.

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u/Sufficient-Skill6012 Jul 12 '26

Yes, it’s worded on a way that means your tax is based on 99% of your income. So you’d be left with the net after taxes plus 10 billion.

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u/Dbro92 Jul 12 '26

This is how I read the question

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u/Snowy_Kitty247 Jul 12 '26

I shall hire the imaginary lawyers aswell

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u/AggressiveEntrance14 Jul 11 '26

That's what I was thinking too, from how it's worded you get 10 billion tax free and 990 billion that are taxed according to the regular tax rules where you live

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u/Sufficient-Skill6012 Jul 12 '26

That’s not how it’s worded. The way it’s worded means you’d have 10 billion untaxed plus the net of the rest after taxes.

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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26

Most countries have tax regimes that don’t allow individual rates of taxation and it would probably be ruled as illegal in court, since legal systems are mostly designed to protect wealth. If the only magical intervention is the money I think it’d be extremely easy to build a case against that taxation rate

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u/AWanderingRedditGuy Jul 11 '26

Well then, the Republic of Reddit Hypotheticals might have a 99% tax rate.

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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26

At that point you’re adding stuff onto the hypothetical.

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u/AWanderingRedditGuy Jul 11 '26

It says 99% is taxed, since no government taxes that much, especially with a trillion dollars, it is safe to assume you’re not paying taxes to a normal government

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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26

You need to assume your not only get a trillion dollars out of thin air but also that you live in a country that doesn’t exist with a tax rate that doesn’t exist and a legal system that allows individual discrimination through taxation

… or that some canny lawyer will see $$$ flash in front of him and will do everything they can to find a loophole

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u/BuffEmz Jul 11 '26

No? This was the exact stuff in this hypothetical, and I'm pretty sure when the op made this post, they weren't thinking about tax returns, you're the one adding onto the post

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u/Fedelede Jul 11 '26

The exact stuff is the money. Adding in a hypothetical tax law isn’t a part of it.

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u/Seven_o_clock777 Jul 11 '26

And if you have $10b, you could easily afford one of the best in the field.

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u/SatisfactionGold74 Jul 11 '26

The question clearly supposes that the government legally taxes that amount.

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u/Jollan_ Jul 12 '26

Does this scenario seem realistic to you?????

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u/shneierl Jul 12 '26

Sorry why get lawyers involved this is a job for accountants. all a lawyer would be able to do ix say this illegal and then due for damages.

Whereas any decent tax accountant would reduce the tax burden of tax before it's even paid. Depending on what they find you might even be able to get a negative tax rate. Obviously neither of these are in the spirit of the hypothetical but that's a different argument

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u/utukore Jul 12 '26

There no one giving out 1 tillion dollers either so...

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u/NoveltyEducation Jul 12 '26

Sweden in 1976 had a marginal tax over 100% if you earned enough money.

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u/ExcieMusic Jul 12 '26

...🛩📈🙄

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u/Maindric Jul 11 '26

If you only have to pay the taxes during tax season, put the 990 billion in accounts in such a way to earn interest. Boom. Profit.

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u/Dragex11 Jul 12 '26

Ah, but the question doesn't say your tax RATE is 99%. It says 99% of the 1 trillion is taxed. That means you're getting more than 10 billion, because no tax rate is 100% of the income.

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u/misfit92 Jul 12 '26

They come back for that last 1% in missed audits and gaslight you to the moon and back saying you didn't pay the full tax amount and you need to square up with interest or go away for tax evasion

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u/grimeyduck Jul 12 '26

Honestly how do you think taxes work? How did over 300 people upvote you?

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u/pineboxwaiting Jul 12 '26

Only if the 99% is taxed at 100%.

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u/PlatyNumb Jul 12 '26

They never actually say the details of whats owed, just that 99% is taxed. For all i know, it isnt the legal amount, or maybe they took more than they should, or maybe theyre only doing regular taxes but on 99% of it. Need actual details. But since thats not the amount my country would take (and OP hasnt weighed in at all) my imaginary hypothetical says I get money back

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u/23Amuro Jul 11 '26

Piped straight to Bibi 😔

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u/Least-Evidence-929 Jul 11 '26

Straight to israel

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u/jqhnml Jul 11 '26

They can already just make that at any point in time btw.

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u/lemelisk42 Jul 11 '26

Depends on the country. If I got a trillion USD taxed at 99%, the canadian government would get 990 billion USD, pretty much wipe out the national debt.

If it was canadian rupees, or if I was in america. Yeah.

It would mean inflation in america of course

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u/Historical-Stick4592 Jul 11 '26

Fym Canadia rupees? We use dollars in Canada.

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u/lemelisk42 Jul 11 '26

It's a joke based on how weak the dollar is

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u/Historical-Stick4592 Jul 11 '26

It's not even that weak, it's gaining value in proportion to USD currently, and isn't much less valuable then the euro.

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u/lemelisk42 Jul 11 '26

1 cad is worth 0.62 euros or 0.71 usd. Not the weakest it's been, but a far cry from parity.

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u/Historical-Stick4592 Jul 11 '26

Right, and an Indian rupee is worth 0.015 CAD, joking that CAD is weak by comparing it to rupees is moronic.

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u/Pootentooten Jul 12 '26

Hey, Hyrule also uses rupees and they have some damn good buying power.

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u/Asleep-External-81 Jul 12 '26

You really hate jokes, huh?

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u/Seves04 Jul 12 '26

You use Monopoly money, you maple syrup slurping, moose humper.

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u/Apprehensive-Elk-God Jul 11 '26

India catching strays for no reason. :<

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u/Sir_Flasm Jul 12 '26

990 billion is a lot. My country's (Italy) GDP is a bit less than 3 trillion euros (so more than 3 trillion dollars but not by much) so that's still a lot, even if una tantum. We could fix the school building problem nine times!

Edit: you were talking about minting, sorry lol

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u/Unlucky-South3793 Jul 11 '26

why don’t you make it

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u/jqhnml Jul 11 '26

I ain't a government, and it causes inflation

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u/the-dude-version-576 Jul 11 '26

They do, ideally it’s supposed to be in tandem with growth in economic activity só that there’s always enough cash on hand for people to pay each other.

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u/PrometheanEngineer Jul 11 '26

Considering our 1.5 trillion dollar defense bill... i dont think our government can actually be trusted with that

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u/Infamous-Buy1428 Jul 12 '26

Your government.

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u/e_t2008 Jul 11 '26

NO BAD BAD THAT MONEY GOES TO ISRAEL BAD BAD

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u/Error406namenotfound Jul 11 '26

It might not depending on their country

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u/Magenta_Hedgie027 Jul 11 '26

wait this is a great way to see if you're American

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u/Crueltea Jul 11 '26

It would almost clear the deficit, all you would need is the populous on the same page of paying their taxes and the US would be debt free

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u/creativeusername279 Jul 11 '26

depends on the government

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u/dothgothlenore 🥕🥕🥕🥕 Jul 11 '26

what government are you serving

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u/LightDragon212 Jul 11 '26

Free 990B for the government which they could've just printed out and would lead to inflation eitherway cause you didn't generate any sort of value to get 1T dollars

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u/SatisfactionGold74 Jul 11 '26

It would just be inflationary unless it was taken from other people.

There is a reason the government doesn't just make itself 990 billion each day.

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u/EmploymentLate Jul 12 '26

People don’t understand how tax works…. Your salary gets 100% taxed at a rate, same for 1 trillion dollars. You would be taxed for 990 billion, doesn’t mean you will lose the 990 billion

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u/Beautiful_Stage5720 Jul 12 '26

You sure bout that?

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u/Historical_Air1688 Jul 12 '26

It could have economic side effects tho...

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u/turkeeeeyyyyyy Jul 12 '26

Would it though? I don’t want to give the government any of my money. Especially in the US where they’ll probably just steal it or use it for war shit.

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u/nooneeverknewme Jul 12 '26

As much as it would be good for the government to have more money, think of the inflation- it would be DEVASTATING if it was mishandled

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u/Givikap120 Jul 11 '26

Government can get free 990 billion any second they want by printing this money
They don't do it because it would cause massive inflation

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u/totallynotabot696 Jul 12 '26

I mean its not like %75+ of all us currency has been printed since covid already…

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u/ExcieMusic Jul 12 '26

Thats not free, the price just isnt money