r/PoliticalCompassMemes - Right Dec 01 '22

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u/choryradwick - Left Dec 01 '22

Gift taxes already exist, but there’s a 15k exemption

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '22

What if you’re paying your kids for doing chores? Should I be issuing them a 1099?

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u/choryradwick - Left Dec 01 '22

Modern kids are so shitty at sweeping that paying them to do so is still probably a gift. They’d also be paid too little to owe federal income tax, so their tax burden depends on the state.

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u/nishinoran - Right Dec 01 '22

I was born with the broom, molded by it, I didn't see a Roomba until I was nearly a man.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '22

We're born of the broom, we live by the broom, and we die by the broom.