Since everyone is interested in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ tax law right now, here's one of the gems I love.

The IRS has a section that tells people which form they need to fill out for income from illegal activities, like illegal drug dealing.

Even drug dealers pay their taxes. πŸ˜‚

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Ransom paid to pirates, and mob extortion is also a tax deductible in the US, up to a certain point.

The Gettys have a notable story in this case, refusing to pay anything more than the maximum amount that could be deducted.

Canadian tax anecdote. I knew an auditor for the CRA, who said if you're nice during audit, they try to help as much as they can.

He then told a story about auditing a drag queen that nearly gave him a heart attack, when he found out they didn't deduct their stage costumes. πŸ˜‚

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Apr 23
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s wild these days.
- Money laundering capital of the world
- the global fentanyl β€œcommand & control center”
- home to transnational organized crime heads
- at least 1 in 7,800 residents are members of organized crimes.

How did this happen so fast?

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2/ first of all, most folks in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ don’t realize how bad things are yet, they’re just dealing with the consequences.

Soaring housing costs. Rising car thefts. Unaffordable housing, Overdoses in your hood. Violence in your streets.

All related.
3/ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s home prices soared in the mid-2010s due to laundering.

Fentanyl proceeds were washed in casinos, then layered w/housing. It’s now called the Vancouver model.

Home prices surged since comps were skewed, & launderers WANT to pay more.

Dive into this later.
Read 11 tweets
Apr 22
Funny story. About a year ago I was crunching πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s immigration data & found a really neat issue.

… over 1 in 6 of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s claimed immigrants don’t actually exist in the country.

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2/ I was looking at immigrant cohorts from the 1980s & forward, & noticed an interesting pattern: 1 in 7 would disappear from taxfiler data.

They drop out faster in recent data, but still consistent. In finance a predictable pattern usually means 1 of 2 things: fraud or error.
3/ so I contact Stat Can & inquire to make sure I understood the data correctly. I did.

About a month later, Stat Can conducts a study & concludes *drumroll* 1 in 6 immigrants probably left the country… since 1980.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ isn’t sure because it doesn’t track departures.
Read 11 tweets
Apr 13
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ just busted 3 fentanyl labs in 2 days.

All well equipped, industrial scale facilities within a short-drive of each other in BC. All to produce the fentanyl πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ totally doesn’t have.

Tragically I’m not your fentanyl czar, but here’s what I’d notice if I were. πŸ˜‰

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2/ this is a fun photo. Nothing brown is used to synth fentanyl. Precursors are clear or white.

But aniline, an essential manufacturing chem, is light brown & darkens as it oxidizes.

Only problem is aniline isn’t used in fentanyl production. wtf, eh? Image
3/ However, aniline is used to make fentanyl precursors. RCMP said 2 of 3 labs in the fentanyl bust were manufacturing fentanyl.

What was the 3rd? I’m not a fishing license expert like πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s newly appointed fentanyl czar, but it sure looks like a precursor lab.
Read 13 tweets
Feb 24
Is πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s healthcare system failing due to socialism or capitalism?

Neither. The math is pretty clearβ€”this is just straight up greed, facilitated by crummy people.

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2/ first off, everyone forgets it's hard to be a doctor.

Most people can't finish a book.

A doctor in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is the result of a 13 year old who decides they'll top their class & do 12-years of post-secondary training to start their career.

Let this point REALLY sink in.
3/ I mean, really sink in. You're delusional if you think you could do it. I couldn't.

The folks in charge didn't need that training. Ontario elected a high school drop out (about to be re-elected). πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ elected a high school teacher.

My point isn't to make fun of politicians...
Read 19 tweets
Feb 12
Folks in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ keep explaining to me that we don’t have πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ-like crime.

It’s true. Here’s a brief list of the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ crime that never happens in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦.

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2. in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, their anti-money laundering & enforcement budgets are soaring to deal with crime.

In πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦, we’re so confident that there’s no laundering that politicians confidently slash the budgets. Image
3. In πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, defunding the police is extremely controversial.

In πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦, we don’t hesitate. Ontario immediately cut its financial crimes unit. Image
Read 9 tweets
Feb 7
People think πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is lax on money laundering because it’s good for the economy. Nope.

It’s so much worse. The lax enforcement turned into organized crime capturing πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. The legal system is now too scared to act. Seriously.

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2/ First off, let’s talk about how extensive πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s organized crime (OG) problem is. The country’s OG intel agency estimates 2,600 groups operate in the country.

Since a gang is 3 people or more, at minimum they’re estimating 1 in 4000 adults are OC members. Image
3/ that means the ratio of OC to normal people is higher than the concentration of high school school teachers to people in Toronto.

Think about that for a secondβ€”how often do you see high schools across Toronto? Well, you’re more likely to see OC members than a teacher in one.
Read 21 tweets

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