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Then_Campaign7264 t1_j13erlx wrote

On a lighter note, I love when reporters include little tidbits like this:

“This autumn's list saw a 'typo' inaccurately declare a man to be Finland's biggest earner. The man is the founder of a firm called Goofy Unicorn, who said that a "brain fart" made him file fictitious cryptocurrency earnings into a tax form.”

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KeepTangoAndFoxtrot t1_j13fr8d wrote

Sounds like attempted(?) tax fraud to me.

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tetoffens t1_j13ie45 wrote

The guy put in that he made 133.7 Euros and says he founded a company called 1337 Software, which is stated to have 133,700 shares. I think the guy is just genuinely a moron trying to make an out of date leet joke. Whether it was an inside joke or one he wanted people to catch for self promotion reasons, unsure.

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Ameisen t1_j15732q wrote

> out of date leet joke

What do you mean "out of date"?

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KnightDuty t1_j158kth wrote

Roflcopters. Facepalm, amirite? epic fail!

If you ask me, he's won the internet. Yes, sir, you CAN haz baconburger.

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womens_motocross t1_j157t22 wrote

1337 aka leet speak is a form of replacing letter with numbers common on online games in the 2000's

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Latexi95 t1_j141pd7 wrote

In this case he would have had to pay huge extra taxes if that "typo" wasn't corrected, so clearly not attempt to gain tax benefit.

Usually point of tax fraud is to reduce taxable income, not increase it. ;)

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Then_Campaign7264 t1_j13hipe wrote

Brain fart is now a euphemism for tax fraud.

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KeepTangoAndFoxtrot t1_j13hs1t wrote

"Oops! I accidentally wrote in fake earnings on my tax documents! Talk about a real whoopsy doodle!"

I'm not even sure why you would do that. Wouldn't this mean that you end up getting taxed more than what you should?

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Then_Campaign7264 t1_j13iiga wrote

Perhaps the “fictitious earnings” were an under representation of taxable income.

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AdventureBum t1_j151plj wrote

I'm not sure I get the logic of claiming you make more than you do, as that would incur a higher tax burden.

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