Why “paying” is being discussed
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They pay regardless of the country they live in. The standard in European countries is that you’re only considered a tax resident if you spend a certain amount of time in the co…
by hdhxbsbsbshs · Oct 31, 2026
You said "pay taxes regardless of residence". Well, if they are residents of California, then they should "pay taxes regardless of residence", i.e. in California ? Instead, deca…
by traceroute66 · Oct 31, 2026
> No justification, like gasoline tax, which is used to fix the roads and fund green technology What? There is no justification for gasoline tax beyond "government wants more mo…
by spwa4 · Oct 31, 2026
The situation is the exact opposite of what leftists and europoors think: American billionaires basically fund the US and pay taxes regardless of residence. Whereas in Europe th…
by hdhxbsbsbshs · Oct 31, 2026
They desperately would like to but each time they tried, the population anger forced them to back off any proposal. If you do it at the ISP level, it is very obvious that it is…
by greatgib · Oct 31, 2026
Let's say that traffic (anything: ssh, sftp, http) enters a VPS in OVH in France from a laptop in Italy (Italian ISP) and some bot in the USA (eg googlebot) or some real person…
by pmontra · Oct 31, 2026
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A payment is the tender of something of value, such as money or its equivalent, by one party to another in exchange for goods or services provided by them, or to fulfill a legal obligation or philanthropy desire. The party making the payment is commonly called the payer, while the payee is the party receiving the payment. Whilst payments are often made voluntarily, some payments are compulsory, such as payment of a fine. Read more on Wikipedia