President Trump, Tax Fraud?

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Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  3 года назад +1021

    📺 Do you pay more than $750 in taxes?
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    • @ManilaNow
      @ManilaNow 3 года назад +14

      maybe

    • @TnT_F0X
      @TnT_F0X 3 года назад +64

      Should do an episode about Hunter Biden.

    • @ManilaNow
      @ManilaNow 3 года назад +60

      @@TnT_F0X um... wat will he find(answer:probably nothing)

    • @AUTgriesbrei
      @AUTgriesbrei 3 года назад +5

      Sadly as I learned, this is common in the US

    • @pattybanana7243
      @pattybanana7243 3 года назад +4

      Griesbrei AUT yeah, those teenagers should start paying taxes

  • @JeremiahHalpin
    @JeremiahHalpin 2 года назад +975

    As a single, childless, taxpaying citizen, I pay about $750 in taxes each month. I earn 100x less than Trump but pay more than 10x in taxes. This is sickening. Clearly a problem. How long are we going to let this continue? How can it be fixed?

    • @lucasdamenace9762
      @lucasdamenace9762 2 года назад

      Welcome to The United States Of in America my friend, the land that was founded by Criminals, Rebels, Scoundrels and Pirates and has had it's laws and values exploited by people in power since it's conception.

    • @derekweiland1857
      @derekweiland1857 2 года назад +8

      Can legaleagle do a video on the Kevin Clinesmith conviction?

    • @EnvyTheRealest
      @EnvyTheRealest 2 года назад +35

      $750 a month? Damn, that's a months pay at a typical job in my country

    • @bodebrandt454
      @bodebrandt454 2 года назад +45

      What’s sickening is the fact that you have 82 likes on your comment, while the rest have thousands. It just shows, people don’t care that they are getting screwed while the rich are not. It’s like they are these folks hero’s for getting away with it and paying their share for them. That’s what’s sad!!

    • @notsoberoveranalyzer8264
      @notsoberoveranalyzer8264 2 года назад +4

      Have you given more thought to how this could be fixed ~ even if it’s just theorycrafting

  • @Maazzzo
    @Maazzzo 3 года назад +3190

    Could you please enable the closed captioning? It's hard to lipread you at every word since I'm not used to American accents and I'm deaf. Even the autocraptions are fine. Thanks.

    • @lovescomedy619
      @lovescomedy619 3 года назад +275

      gotta get this to the top. I'll be honest I never thought of a deaf person watching these videos and I doubt Devin has as well. Sorry about that, I hope it get alleviated

    • @chillisalad123
      @chillisalad123 3 года назад +52

      at that point i don't think the accent is the problem lol, i think its the deaf part

    • @thefrenchselkie1401
      @thefrenchselkie1401 3 года назад +124

      I hope youtube doesn't go through with removing community captions for my and your sake, fellow deaf person

    • @ktkannibal5421
      @ktkannibal5421 3 года назад +285

      @@chillisalad123 wow. For people who lip read well, yes, it IS the accent. He speaks very quickly and there are major differences in oral posture with different accents. Those skilled and practiced at determining the differences absolutely CAN but it's difficult and he speaks very quickly which makes it harder.

    • @chillisalad123
      @chillisalad123 3 года назад +20

      @@ktkannibal5421 relax it was just a joke, jesus

  • @gregorylittle1461
    @gregorylittle1461 Год назад +107

    Jimmy Carter didn't HAVE TO put his peanut farm into a blind trust, he did so willingly. Love your presentations! Very informative!

  • @timesupgr.8471
    @timesupgr.8471 Год назад +61

    In one video, you hit two people I personally knew. Harry Claiborne and Marty Ginsburg. Marty was my tax prof at Georgetown. What a genius. He could have been a standup comedian and just talked about taxes.
    Claiborne was a crook, but very nice guy. Highly respected in the Nevada legal community. We are very forgiving of corruption in Nevada

  • @EldenaDoubleca5t
    @EldenaDoubleca5t 3 года назад +5975

    I know Legaleagle mostly does stuff about Trump and current events now, but I'd love to see a video on Sovereign Citizens, those guys are hilarious

    • @aresgood1
      @aresgood1 3 года назад +52

      True

    • @georgedoty-williams2085
      @georgedoty-williams2085 3 года назад +113

      Watch Knowing Better's video about it

    • @MelissiaBlackheart
      @MelissiaBlackheart 3 года назад +46

      I recommend LawfulMasses with Leonard French for that topic. He's done a lot of videos over them!

    • @Matt-wc2mf
      @Matt-wc2mf 3 года назад +203

      Eh, it's bumbling nonsense. It's the legal equivalent of putting your hands over your eyes and shouting "You can't see me!"

    • @derekallgood9496
      @derekallgood9496 3 года назад +53

      that’s a video for a more stable time haha

  • @chieftain9
    @chieftain9 3 года назад +1736

    Just wanted to throw out there that he’s on the record saying he does his own hair, doesn’t trust anyone to do it.
    He paid himself to style his own hair...

    • @MeganJackson96
      @MeganJackson96 3 года назад +167

      the deduction must be for the hair product itself that makes it stay in place, in which case i could see him spending that much

    • @Slanghappy
      @Slanghappy 3 года назад +104

      @@MeganJackson96 The R&D that would go into creating a substance like that alone would account for such a number, I'm sure!

    • @tapercandles3838
      @tapercandles3838 3 года назад +147

      I cut my own hair. And for 40yrs, dyed/highlighted my own hair. Trial and error.. saved myself $60-75 every 2 months. I seriously stuck the $ in a envelope. Christmas money gifts for my kids.
      I blew it!.. missed a $70,000 write off.

    • @jsscotteaddy
      @jsscotteaddy 3 года назад +52

      @@Slanghappy nah, you can get cotton candy machines way cheaper than that

    • @brandielee7971
      @brandielee7971 3 года назад +1

      😂

  • @LifeiGood777
    @LifeiGood777 3 года назад +86

    Imagine going from a gold-plated toilet to a toilet/sink combo made of stainless steel behind bars. That's a bad day!

    • @tranjavanadbia123
      @tranjavanadbia123 3 года назад +1

      YOU ARE SO FUNNY BARACK OBAMA.

    • @kristopherkeane3984
      @kristopherkeane3984 2 года назад +2

      This happened when? Or will happen when? Hnmmm

    • @purplefreedom1631
      @purplefreedom1631 2 года назад +4

      Talking about the child cages Obama built, trump closed, and Biden reopened?
      Weird flex but ok

    • @DavidLopez-rk6em
      @DavidLopez-rk6em Год назад

      @@purplefreedom1631 You trump worshippers commit the easiest debunked lies. Either youre doing it on purpose or youre spreading misinformation. Holding cells were created during the obama administration, he didnt have anything to do with that. Stephen Miller specifically had trump create a policy where children could be separated from parents. When biden first became president is was still happening at the border because of trumps policies. Biden slowly had it eliminated. Such blatant lies from you

    • @purplefreedom1631
      @purplefreedom1631 Год назад

      @@DavidLopez-rk6em RUclips saw fit to hide your comment from the public, probably due to misinformation. Try again but this time maybe with "I admit, Biden reopened Obama's child cages that trump closed" and your comment might not get hidden.

  • @MiamiMarkYT
    @MiamiMarkYT 2 года назад +81

    Tax law is so deliberately malleable , ambiguous, and convoluted that the line between whether someone is committing fraud or just good at identifying breaks and write-offs is non existent, and regardless of how you feel about the legality of Trumps taxes, that is by far the bigger issue.

    • @notreally2406
      @notreally2406 Год назад

      OR, every tax code line that is written can be worked around by the nature of limits of language

  • @baphometsfire3838
    @baphometsfire3838 3 года назад +232

    Objection: you can't fire that many shots in a single ad reading

    • @lazypaladin
      @lazypaladin 3 года назад +9

      He's a Lawyer, if anyone can take Thomson magsized shots, its dis guy

    • @NeonKatt101
      @NeonKatt101 3 года назад +18

      I was impressed.
      I've noticed about how his segue get more and more vicious as 2020 progress

    • @aaronlittle5478
      @aaronlittle5478 3 года назад +3

      That was BRUTAL.

    • @Bluehawk2008
      @Bluehawk2008 3 года назад +3

      Illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine

  • @JSpradley123
    @JSpradley123 3 года назад +39

    So crimes mostly committed by rich people can be defended by “Well golly gee I didn’t know that was illegal!” ? I’m making my shocked face...

  • @bmuns6445
    @bmuns6445 2 года назад +25

    New law suggestion - If a company is legally proved of committing any type of fraud whether convicted or not. The entity loses their right to any tax deductions for 5 years.

    • @threecards333
      @threecards333 Год назад

      What is the difference between legally proved and convicted?

    • @burushifudara
      @burushifudara Год назад

      @@threecards333 You can prove a crime and still get away with it so...

  • @klenk1am
    @klenk1am 8 месяцев назад +23

    2 Years later, and he's finally found liable for fraud. I wonder how much will stick.

  • @blackdragon6
    @blackdragon6 3 года назад +385

    The IRS is kneecaped too badly to go after rich people who can hire a army of lawyers.

    • @alexs6746
      @alexs6746 3 года назад +28

      I know this is not how it works but they should limit the number of lawyers to what the opposite party can afford. For example if party 1 can hire 5 lawyers and party 2 can only hire one then both partys are only allowed to hire one lawyer. If this happens the law can apply to everyone evenly, like it should.

    • @Kartissa
      @Kartissa 3 года назад +4

      The IRS is scary enough that not even the Joker was crazy enough to try and tangle with them....
      ruclips.net/video/G56VgsLfKY4/видео.html

    • @LolLol-zr9jc
      @LolLol-zr9jc 3 года назад +5

      Imagine liking the irs lmao

    • @blackdragon6
      @blackdragon6 3 года назад +33

      @@LolLol-zr9jc imagine there being double standards lmao

    • @SecretSquaff
      @SecretSquaff 3 года назад +2

      @@blackdragon6 Okay IRS lapdog. Let's just anoint everyone in government you like as sovereign rulers.

  • @dakotaatkinson9361
    @dakotaatkinson9361 3 года назад +2103

    What I learned: Trump may or may not be evading tax, but regardless of that, there are way too many legal ways to avoid tax anyways.

    • @revbobmartin
      @revbobmartin 3 года назад +13

      XxGLOWphoenix Lots of great reasons especially for small businesses if used.

    • @Farinhir
      @Farinhir 3 года назад +47

      What I learned. LegalEagle does not understand tax law at all. Maybe listen to real tax lawyers like Robert Barns rather than this sham. I lost count of how many mistakes LegalEagle made.
      Here are two attorneys discussing how wrong LegalEagle was, and one of them has been litigating tax law for 30+ years.
      ruclips.net/video/TFyhmvSFpkc/видео.html

    • @justinwilley8599
      @justinwilley8599 3 года назад +4

      Not enough*

    • @garrettstephens91
      @garrettstephens91 3 года назад +16

      This is exactly why the Republican Flat Tax is good, but Liberals don't want it because it is from Republicans, so they automatically assume it is racist...SMH.

    • @Pukwudgie_Surprise
      @Pukwudgie_Surprise 3 года назад +135

      @@garrettstephens91 Actually, the problem is with proportion of income going toward taxes. If the flat tax is 25%, people making 30,000/year would have a much more difficult time paying than the wealthy.

  • @lftucson
    @lftucson Год назад +6

    I just discovered this program and is rapidly becoming one of my favorite RUclips site. Great job and keep it up!!

  • @brianscott9525
    @brianscott9525 2 года назад +21

    His "charity" organization of raising funds for children with cancer - then informing them they would have to pay his exorbitant "rental" fees for allowing the charity to hold fund-raising events on his properties. And otherwise lining his pockets with various donations. He and his family are deplorable people.

  • @markgoggin2014
    @markgoggin2014 3 года назад +1860

    Q: what’s the difference between Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance?
    A: a good lawyer

    • @ErebosGR
      @ErebosGR 3 года назад +176

      *a good accountant

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 3 года назад +67

      Taking legal deductions is avoidance while evasion is not paying taxes actually owed.

    • @jeffreypierson2064
      @jeffreypierson2064 3 года назад +44

      @@hydrolito Also good planning. If you bought an undervalued property and have now maximized it's value, it is time to get out. If you sell it, you owe money on the gain. If you buy another property and use the first property's sale to pay for it, you have done a 1031 exchange and owe no money.

    • @IceWolfLoki
      @IceWolfLoki 3 года назад +13

      Real Answer: A friendly legislature.

    • @ErebosGR
      @ErebosGR 3 года назад +10

      @@hydrolito Unless those deductions were taken fraudulently, which is usually the case.

  • @margaretwilson8736
    @margaretwilson8736 3 года назад +1639

    The IRS mostly comes after middle income people, not rich people. They often aren't funded well enough to go after people like Trump. Humorous that I pay more tax in a year than Trump has in 20. And I'm only making about 35k/year.

    • @Serfdomftw
      @Serfdomftw 3 года назад +55

      the biggest group of tax avoiders are actually construction workers (contracted) and professionals such as "lawyers/attorneys/accountants/bankers" etc.
      Its funny really. Leagle eagle probably does the exact same sort of things with his taxes that accountants do for trump. Such as putting all lunches down as "business expenses".
      Driving as "business expenses" etc.
      Hell he could even buy his own home through a separate LLC then rent it back to him and because he travels a lot claim that as travel expenses against whichever company at the time he is supposedly doing work for.
      Practically everything he buys, or rents or services he obtains, could be classified as an "expense" in one way or another.

    • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
      @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 3 года назад +158

      A big part of the reason why the IRS focuses on middle income people is that they are simply easier to go after. Rich can afford to hire good lawyers and accountants to hide their finances well and, if they are caught, can hire other lawyers to defend them. Most middle class struggle to hire those kind of people when they really need them, much less for dishonest tax fraud.

    • @EagerSpace
      @EagerSpace 3 года назад +33

      Relevant ProPublica article from 2018. TL;DR: this is by design www.propublica.org/article/how-the-irs-was-gutted

    • @agodlessmonstrosity
      @agodlessmonstrosity 3 года назад +22

      I pay less tax than Donald Trump. Granted, I'm Irish, not American, and under Irish tax regulations, I haven't earned enough since I started my working life to pay income tax. I have payed PRSI and USC though (basically social insurance that determines your eligibility for certain social welfare payments)

    • @what9480
      @what9480 3 года назад +34

      @@EagerSpace I wouldn't say it's entirely by design. As computer software advanced, poor people generally have the easiest returns to audit because the IRS can just make a basic tax program (similar to what we all use to file taxes) for auditing. This machine can instantly audit and correct all the basic deficiencies (you report 34502 instead of 34520 as AGI for example) and auto corrects it. Wealthier people generally have more aggressive and ambitious returns often using ambiguous interpretations of the law which require court battles which the IRS isn't funded to fight. The lack of funding is intentional, though, the advancement of technology is a mere consequence.

  • @mikemcmullen5006
    @mikemcmullen5006 2 года назад +11

    It's pretty nice seeing this all start to happen

  • @natwon633
    @natwon633 3 года назад +12

    I don't even live in america but that presidential term was very taxing for me

    • @Lord_of_Dread
      @Lord_of_Dread Год назад +3

      It was for basically the entire world. My company (in the UK) had a company-wide celebration when he lost the election.

  • @luciandust2355
    @luciandust2355 3 года назад +160

    12:03 “And to try and keep my sanity, I’m going to refrain from putting myself in the head of Donald Trump.”

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 3 года назад +7

      "... the goggles, they do nothing" - The Simpsons S07E02 - Radioactive Man

    • @BigMamaDaveX
      @BigMamaDaveX 3 года назад +5

      17:58 ."..not that president tRump has ever been caught lying." 😂😹

    • @cryofpaine
      @cryofpaine 3 года назад +7

      Actually I think it would be fun to be in Trump's head. I always wanted to be an astronaut, and that's a lot of empty space. :p

  • @lexscarlet
    @lexscarlet 3 года назад +1320

    "the idea that Trump is a genius who's acting like other business geniuses should probably be scrutinized."
    You have a penchant

    • @railguncs
      @railguncs 3 года назад +7

      even tho, trump did a good job

    • @kamdenmcleanmusic
      @kamdenmcleanmusic 3 года назад +65

      railguncs riiiiiiiiiiight

    • @neillconroymni6906
      @neillconroymni6906 3 года назад +32

      @@railguncs When? Where? He could not have snuck that past me! After all, we know that he is the Covidiot of all Covidiots. Such a person, by definition, would be incapable of of sneaking anything past almost anybody!
      In short, NAAAHH!

    • @jessicataylor7174
      @jessicataylor7174 3 года назад +74

      @@railguncs I guess he's done an good job stopping illegal immigration; no-one wants to go INTO America now, not even legally lol.

    • @nota4688
      @nota4688 3 года назад +7

      Jessica Taylor statistics say otherwise, but I guess us first worlders are all so ignorant

  • @kickfroggy
    @kickfroggy Год назад +2

    How you kept a straight face during the Skillshare promo was impressive, that was comedy gold.

  • @EASY4V1
    @EASY4V1 Год назад +9

    This needs a part 2. Since this has been updated with new information

  • @antarath517
    @antarath517 3 года назад +241

    "So, how do taxes in America work?"
    "We work off an 'inverse' income tax. The more money you have, the less you pay."
    "The less percentage? So it's just a head tax?"
    "No, no, no. You actually just pay less. It's kind of dumb now that I'm thinking about it."

    • @memyselfandi6354
      @memyselfandi6354 3 года назад +6

      You joke, but there is an arguement to be made for tax breaks for the rich.

    • @antarath517
      @antarath517 3 года назад +82

      @@memyselfandi6354 Yeah, but they're all pretty obvious propaganda.

    • @memyselfandi6354
      @memyselfandi6354 3 года назад +2

      Antarath Well you're free to that opinion.

    • @antarath517
      @antarath517 3 года назад +80

      ​@@memyselfandi6354 It is a fact. Trickle down economics is a part of the propaganda machine that really took off during the Reagan presidency. Later it joined up with evangelical ideas into what we now know as modern day conservatism and prosperity gospel.

    • @memyselfandi6354
      @memyselfandi6354 3 года назад +7

      Antarath Yes, I'm familiar with Reagan, believe it or not. I don't like you implying that I am somehow inferior by saying "I don't want to do this to you" so if you could refrain from doing that out of respect for me as a human, I would like that.

  • @PseudoFiction
    @PseudoFiction 3 года назад +543

    "Adult offspring employees" is serious shade yet 100% accurate.

    • @Flippwn1
      @Flippwn1 3 года назад +2

      i can just see the neoliberal technocratic hellhole of the near future where we have children based on the labor needs of some billionaire that us. Can we please please please stop moving so far to the right in this country before this becomes a reality? Indentured servitude is already here.

    • @EA-df4iz
      @EA-df4iz 3 года назад +8

      I know it’s not his intent, but that description makes them sound like pod people to me.😂 And I do not object!

    • @6526447
      @6526447 3 года назад +4

      I suppose you'd work for your parents for free

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 3 года назад +8

      @@6526447 er... yes? Sometimes I got paid, sometimes I didn't. Same goes for my sister.
      What was your point, please?

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo 3 года назад +1

      @@sisuguillam5109 not paying at all is really bad idea actually, miss out on tax deductions (the legal kind)

  • @christinagurchinoff1517
    @christinagurchinoff1517 Год назад +3

    Wow. I happened to have caught this video back then💜 Really good added info for public knowledge & our understanding.
    Thank you @LegalEagle

  • @anasaintjames1274
    @anasaintjames1274 3 года назад +8

    Oh oh when I was in college I would have loved to have had this guy teaching my law class

  • @alejandrokaplan7243
    @alejandrokaplan7243 3 года назад +651

    I have to say 750 is a really weird number of money to have to pay

    • @mj-cd9fr
      @mj-cd9fr 3 года назад +50

      Yeah it doesn't seem like it would affect much rather than just paying zero, not sure why he picked that specific numbed

    • @MagicznaPanda
      @MagicznaPanda 3 года назад +102

      ​@@mj-cd9fr That was literally only so that people couldn't say that he paid "zero in taxes", but it ended up looking more suspicious than if he had paid 0.

    • @BigFootTheRealOne
      @BigFootTheRealOne 3 года назад +15

      From what I've seen that might have just been a fee.

    • @thepoliticalstartrek
      @thepoliticalstartrek 3 года назад +14

      He actually paid an estimated tax over over 4 million one of those years for a file extension. He also paid the minimum alternative tax a few of those years. That is not in the no tax figures. Most multi millineries from old money do nto pay income tax, but capitol gains tax. If you read the entire article it discloses it later in the article.

    • @LegalEagle
      @LegalEagle  3 года назад +311

      My understanding is that Trump could have paid zero based on the available (ostensible) deductions and credits, but $750 was the highest amount he was willing to pay in those two years.

  • @Sableagle
    @Sableagle 3 года назад +406

    He'd probably try to claim the taxes as a deduction against his taxes.

    • @MaouHoi
      @MaouHoi 3 года назад +24

      taxception

    • @huetran4361
      @huetran4361 3 года назад +9

      I almost spit out my drink lol

    • @aaronmontgomery2055
      @aaronmontgomery2055 3 года назад +7

      Actually you can claim state taxes against your federal taxes, however trump actually lessened the amount while pelosi and much of the left wants to increase that amount that you can claim. this by the way is called the salt deduction and only really helps he rich.

    • @allanlank
      @allanlank 3 года назад +4

      @@aaronmontgomery2055 Refusing to financially support your troops and the cost of infrastructure used to make money, is treason.

    • @ranga274
      @ranga274 3 года назад +1

      @@allanlank he's gonna try it anyways

  • @MrCapriperformance
    @MrCapriperformance Год назад +4

    Your videos are truly educational. Thank you.

  • @susankimes9862
    @susankimes9862 Год назад +4

    I watch you a lot, I've learned a lot. This episode made my brain go numb, I did try to listen.

  • @karsonkammerzell6955
    @karsonkammerzell6955 3 года назад +74

    "But that doesn't mean President Trump couldn't use a refresher..."
    Me: THERE it is! 🤣

  • @jorgecaballero1013
    @jorgecaballero1013 3 года назад +308

    "To keep my sanity, I'm going to refrain putting myself in the head of Donald trump"
    I'm dying

  • @howdyfriends7950
    @howdyfriends7950 Год назад +4

    anyone else think it's very odd that in order for someone to be charged with tax evasion, they need evidence that you were willingly violating the law, whereas for most property crimes that poor people commit, circumstantial evidence (without intent) is usually more than enough evidence for a conviction?

  • @johnhopkins6260
    @johnhopkins6260 Год назад +4

    IRS tax code aside, there are also federal laws regarding making false or misleading statements to the government: much akin to lying to a Federal Agent (aka the FBI), and/or Perjury in a court of law.

  • @arcticbanana66
    @arcticbanana66 3 года назад +1381

    Trump apparently uses the Homer Simpson method of filing taxes.
    "Shut up, shut up! If I don't hear you, it's not illegal! Okay Marge, if anyone asks, you need 24-hour nursing care, Lisa's a clergyman, Maggie is seven people, and Bart was wounded in Vietnam."

    • @timzhai890
      @timzhai890 3 года назад +8

      lol which episode was this?

    • @arcticbanana66
      @arcticbanana66 3 года назад +38

      @@timzhai890 Season 9 Episode 20 "The Trouble With Trillions".
      ruclips.net/video/ZnJcZ-5P8hE/видео.html

    • @86bryand
      @86bryand 3 года назад +5

      Coool.

    • @TheGreaterGrog
      @TheGreaterGrog 3 года назад +14

      He's been under audit multiple times and the IRS has found nothing.

    • @greatandmightykevin
      @greatandmightykevin 3 года назад +66

      @@TheGreaterGrog *gasp* The agency whose budget has been slashed like it's a teenager in a Friday the 13th movie doesn't have the means to go after rich scumbags with armies of lawyers doing their best to stall and stop them at every single turn? Who'da thunk it?

  • @madmartigan2106
    @madmartigan2106 3 года назад +171

    21:30 "A lot of the tax code is written to give benefits to certain groups or individuals..." yeah.. There is the problem.

    • @AUTgriesbrei
      @AUTgriesbrei 3 года назад +4

      Thank every party in the US. :D

    • @MelissiaBlackheart
      @MelissiaBlackheart 3 года назад +7

      Yep. It's legal pandering. Often these writings are pretty much only useful for the excessively rich, like corporations and multimillionaires.

    • @artisticcannibalism1350
      @artisticcannibalism1350 3 года назад +11

      Eat the Rich

    • @PrincessFelicie
      @PrincessFelicie 3 года назад +3

      @@artisticcannibalism1350 Legal Eagle just confirming video after video what the anti-capitalists have been saying for years

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale 3 года назад +4

      Victory has rewards, rewards used to stay on top. Long as you keep playing by Timmy's rules, Timmy keeps winning.

  • @everydayengineering817
    @everydayengineering817 2 года назад +1

    Great video! Thanks for the thorough breakdown.

  • @benzcareauto7057
    @benzcareauto7057 3 года назад

    Love the understandings & the clever Segways!

  • @hrmIwonder
    @hrmIwonder 3 года назад +418

    "but the best place for him to brush up on his business acumen is not Trump university, it's skillshare." That was brilliant, sir!.

    • @MatthewChenIsAwesome
      @MatthewChenIsAwesome 3 года назад +7

      brilliant as in brilliant.org?
      ... I’ll see myself out

    • @Hohhot
      @Hohhot 3 года назад +5

      @@MatthewChenIsAwesome I'm so curious if you're using curiositystream.com!
      ... I'll see myself out

    • @Molue_
      @Molue_ 3 года назад +8

      That is what, we in the business, call a *quality segue.*

    • @smortboi1320
      @smortboi1320 3 года назад +3

      We got Linus over here with them segues

    • @theodotelutjen6945
      @theodotelutjen6945 3 года назад +1

      Trump is garbage

  • @ZexionII
    @ZexionII 3 года назад +596

    "His adult offspring-employees" got me cracking up.
    Has a nice ring to it, akin to "would-be daughter-wife"

    • @tedmaccarthy4105
      @tedmaccarthy4105 3 года назад +1

      I don’t know who you are but maybe u don’t realize what u just said is vile and u deserved for it to be told try loving expressions

    • @tedmaccarthy4105
      @tedmaccarthy4105 3 года назад +3

      O l see he doesn’t pay tax but he recently paid seventy million. And I most say that if I wanted a job I’m pretty sure I won’t be going to you I feel that the disposition you are manifesting is what has put us in our near communistic world perhaps u never see things like this but it a good time to analyze

    • @SaharaCaliSara
      @SaharaCaliSara 3 года назад +23

      Lmao! I mean, Ivanka has already been acting like the First Lady instead of Melania.

    • @stevec5586
      @stevec5586 3 года назад +40

      @@tedmaccarthy4105
      "daughter-wife" etc. - I think that's possibly a reference to the notorious occasion on which Trump, speaking in public, looked at his daughter and said to those around him "I would...".

    • @robertforster8984
      @robertforster8984 3 года назад +13

      It’s funny that when the media mention Trumps adult children they don’t include Tiffany, despite her being an adult child of Donald Trump. It is like Tiffany doesn’t exist.

  • @FTZPLTC
    @FTZPLTC 7 месяцев назад +3

    Man, it's wild that this used to be the thing we might get him on.

  • @LP-bi4vc
    @LP-bi4vc Год назад

    The lead-in for the sponsor of this video is truly brilliant. Thank you!

  • @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016
    @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016 3 года назад +740

    Why did he pay $70,000 for yellow cotton candy? I think he got ripped off.

    • @LordInter
      @LordInter 3 года назад +24

      satire? I never know with trump and I'm British..... he "paid" 70k for it, he didn't actually hand the money over he just said he did and got a receipt to say so, like the hair styling lol

    • @itzcolm8737
      @itzcolm8737 3 года назад +40

      I wonder if yellow Cotton candy is like yellow snow 🤔

    • @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016
      @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016 3 года назад +24

      @@LordInter exactly! Either he's cheating on his taxes or he paid way too much for that ugly rug!😆

    • @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016
      @itsmargemrssimpsonifyanast2016 3 года назад +12

      @@itzcolm8737 probably smells the same.🤣

    • @shotguntornado
      @shotguntornado 3 года назад +5

      I wish it would get ripped off.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +359

    “Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”
    ― Adam Smith

    • @leonardonhidalgo4463
      @leonardonhidalgo4463 3 года назад +42

      @Roof Korean You don't need to be wholly innocent to be innocent of a particular crime or several. Take your quote away.

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 3 года назад +2

      So very well said. I have to note this quote right now and spam it liberally. Thanks :D

    • @toslowlypoke
      @toslowlypoke 3 года назад +5

      @Matt B Every time you call him a god he creates a new warp storm.

    • @OmnipotentNoodle
      @OmnipotentNoodle 3 года назад +8

      Ah yes, a capitalist philosopher decrying the concept of mercy.

    • @AntraxMontesa57
      @AntraxMontesa57 3 года назад +5

      “It’s better a guilty free than an innocent in prison”

  • @stevencrighton6890
    @stevencrighton6890 3 года назад

    That skill share ad at the end was brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

  • @elviralopez6401
    @elviralopez6401 Год назад

    Thank you sharing your legal and all around knowledge.

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant Год назад

      This Topic and many, many others about Trump are covered by "Some More News"

  • @robertt9342
    @robertt9342 3 года назад +775

    "Don't ever use the word smart with me" - Donald Trump (2020)

    • @nealtse9125
      @nealtse9125 3 года назад +77

      "because I don't know what it means."

    • @mirroredrealities1639
      @mirroredrealities1639 3 года назад +21

      @@nealtse9125 damn, you took my reply

    • @thomasbonse
      @thomasbonse 3 года назад +33

      He shouldn't have to worry about such an association. Nobody would associate Trump with the word 'smart'.

    • @clueless3120
      @clueless3120 3 года назад +16

      “Poor kids are just as smart and talented as white kids” Joe Biden 2020

    • @clueless3120
      @clueless3120 3 года назад +12

      “If your having trouble deciding between voting Trump or me you are not black” Joe Biden 2020

  • @TheReaverOfDarkness
    @TheReaverOfDarkness 3 года назад +663

    What I learned from this video: you pay less taxes on a house if it's not your home; if your business makes enough money, you can get a tax bailout for losing money; when a renter has low income but pays the normal rental rate, the real estate company gets a tax write-off. This isn't just legal tax avoidance, this isn't just sneaky legal tax loopholes that can be exploited if you're careful, this is a tax code that blatantly benefits the absolute richest.

    • @suzbone
      @suzbone 3 года назад +118

      Hey, the super-rich pay good money to have the tax codes written in their favor!

    • @rohinghosh2685
      @rohinghosh2685 3 года назад +13

      the government should not have gotten so large and complicated so these powers would never have been there to be taken. Tax write offs and government bail out to "regulate" the economy, doesn't allows banks and the rich to learn from their mistakes.

    • @heat5wave
      @heat5wave 3 года назад +53

      @@rohinghosh2685 its the absolute lack of regulation that caused it! you mean to tell me if no regulation was there these guys on the good will they obviously have would do good? Don't fall for the naivety or the dream that if you simp hard enough for the super rich, you one day will become one.

    • @persona189blank6
      @persona189blank6 3 года назад +16

      If only there were a great politician that could have fixed those loopholes in their 40+ years in government

    • @rohinghosh2685
      @rohinghosh2685 3 года назад +4

      @@heat5wave in what country do you live in that you think that there is a lack of regulation, because that is not the US, the us has had more regulation for businesses than "Communist" china and the Scandinavian countries these socialists seem to love. All of these complex tax codes and regulation make it easy for companies to add more to benefit them

  • @engineergaming2004
    @engineergaming2004 Год назад

    Thank you LegalEagle, very cool.

  • @jimmydehand
    @jimmydehand 2 года назад

    i was at tajma hall back in 98 that building was empty while down the boardwalk bally's and the rest of those casinos were busy as heck.

  • @lisahenry20
    @lisahenry20 3 года назад +188

    "Hairstyling fees for whatever is on his head"
    That was amazing

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 3 года назад +1

      The golden retreiver style?

    • @aussiegardener1773
      @aussiegardener1773 3 года назад

      Yep ... I actually giggled ...

    • @kensmith5694
      @kensmith5694 3 года назад

      It is his hair. Perhaps it is only one folded back a forth.

    • @jimmydanc
      @jimmydanc 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/TFyhmvSFpkc/видео.html&ab_channel=VivaFrei

  • @ecamiran4004
    @ecamiran4004 3 года назад +57

    I lost my returns because of a missing W2 due to a business's incompetence. It makes me upset that he's paid 750 while raking in all this profit when something out of my control ultimately costed me more than double that

    • @codieomeallain6635
      @codieomeallain6635 3 года назад +3

      So are you just mad at everybody who paid less taxes than you that year? Because I don’t see why you would be mad at anyone except the person who lost your W2.

    • @JG-ih3hb
      @JG-ih3hb 3 года назад +15

      Cului qui t'aime silence, troll. You know exactly what he meant

    • @01nmuskier
      @01nmuskier 3 года назад +2

      Why didn't you just file a 1040-X?
      Also, Trump's tax isn't on income, so that is a false comparison. He owns investments, so he pays capital gains.
      Legal Eagle is an idiot or a liar or both.

    • @keld101
      @keld101 3 года назад +2

      That's illegal. File a complaint with the IRS and/or Labor Department. Don't let your employer screw you over.

    • @ecamiran4004
      @ecamiran4004 3 года назад

      @@keld101 Without getting in to a ton of both personal and business related things I either can't or would rather not state right now, I've done everything I can. Still lost $2000 as a result of everything that was out of my control. And not even in tax returns or related (like the stimulus) because that's actually closer to $6000. And as the other person stated, I am bitter over that fact. But also... There's more to what's being discussed here and without anything being disclosed beyond basic numbers, it's definitely ridiculous that someone with as much as the president has, has only paid out that amount. Among other things.
      And important edit: not bitter at others who just paid less in taxes. But just the current visible circumstances.

  • @DanG802
    @DanG802 Год назад +1

    Watching this again a year later with the new charges is the best!

  • @jakekatella
    @jakekatella 3 года назад +1

    Your tie magically re-creases itself at the knot at 6:59. Was there a "phantom film cut" made at that juncture that was not disclosed as would be proper? I smell "Tiegate" in the making. :-)

  • @Joseph125
    @Joseph125 3 года назад +509

    Woah woah woah, hang on. $70,000 in hairstyling services each year, and THAT is the best they can do?! Donald needs to find a new hairdresser.

    • @deamonomic
      @deamonomic 3 года назад +144

      Cmon man... cut em a break... there's only so much one can do with a 50 year old squirrel corpse

    • @jordaneggerman4734
      @jordaneggerman4734 3 года назад +36

      @@deamonomic that caught me more off guard than anything on the internet today.

    • @Sam_on_YouTube
      @Sam_on_YouTube 3 года назад +23

      In fairness to Trump, i'm pretty sure that number is fraudulent. Is that more fair to Trump?

    • @djnorth2020
      @djnorth2020 3 года назад +5

      Yeah I think he's not paying nearly enough.

    • @aurelius7778
      @aurelius7778 3 года назад +24

      Hat's off to that hairstylist for finessing the President of The US for a $70k haircut hahah.

  • @Parmarh907
    @Parmarh907 3 года назад +120

    There is a saying in my community ‘everyone’s a businessman until caught’

    • @chucksafe5671
      @chucksafe5671 3 года назад

      Sorry, Trump didn't break any law .

    • @Quantakinetic
      @Quantakinetic 3 года назад +11

      The version I've heard (which comes from no later than the 1930s) defined a criminal as "a person with predatory instincts with insufficient capital to start a business."

    • @Parmarh907
      @Parmarh907 3 года назад +8

      Chuck Safe that’s not for us to decide

    • @chucksafe5671
      @chucksafe5671 3 года назад +1

      @@Parmarh907 Yes keep on keeping on . I do advice you mix up your source of info . Legal Eagle has a bias (There us absolutely nothing wrong with that )and it will be intellectual cowardice to hear from only one source and make up your mind .

    • @chucksafe5671
      @chucksafe5671 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/gVheQQ2sNM0/видео.html
      Here is also a discussion on this matter from a 'right leaning channel' compare and contrast and see who makes a far better case for it.

  • @BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee
    @BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee 2 года назад

    The skillshare plug had me dying

  • @josephwolf7552
    @josephwolf7552 3 года назад +3

    Objection, you said if he is forced to repay all the money he owes and that will bankrupt him, technically true. If he is forced to pay back all the money he owes , it will bankrupt him again. That is more an accurate way to describe his situation.

  • @ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286
    @ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286 3 года назад +184

    Tested very well. Very very well. One of the best tests. Doctors are telling me one of the highest tests they've ever seen. Amazed how high my test was.

    • @Tymbus
      @Tymbus 3 года назад +9

      off topic but very funny :-)

    • @ShebastianReyes
      @ShebastianReyes 3 года назад +13

      Passed that COVID test with flying colors

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 3 года назад +5

      This is all assuming his tests are real, cause you know...

    • @macrussell78
      @macrussell78 3 года назад +6

      "Sir, this is the ABC's..."

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад +11

      If i understand Trumps state of mind correctly such a statement indicates he actually failed.
      He will brag about his success to compensate his failure.
      He cannot accept failure, whenever he fails he has to lie about his "succes" or deny his failure.
      When his inauguration was visited by fewer people than obamas, he declared this "fake news"
      When Hillary clinton got way more votes than he did, he invented "voting Fraud" and imediately founded a komittee to investigate.
      18 month later the komittee dissolved, they had found nothing...
      I believe the more inexact trumps claims are the more likely he is lying.
      I also believe that whenever he has a success he will be rather precise about that success.
      I am not able to give any example of the latter however.

  • @walrusArmageddon
    @walrusArmageddon 3 года назад +100

    Seems as though we are nearing the Climax of this movie we call 2020

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 3 года назад +7

      ... bad movie... bad

    • @ghosttoast-xx1652
      @ghosttoast-xx1652 3 года назад +15

      Gotta say, the buildup with all the disease and disaster was way to over dramatic just for the final scene to be about some tangerines taxes

    • @FriedrichHerschel
      @FriedrichHerschel 3 года назад +2

      @@ghosttoast-xx1652 Well, it looks like the election won't be the season finale, so ....

    • @cptunderpantz9273
      @cptunderpantz9273 3 года назад +1

      2021 will be OJ2 The Donald Trump Trials. I can see it now, 3 separate serial shows: Trump Tax Fraud Trial, The Embezzler and Bachelor:Russian Oligarchs! The potential for crossover episodes OMG, television is going to evolve!

    • @garand70
      @garand70 3 года назад +4

      I'm worried that all this is setup for the sequel, 2020 II: 2021

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 2 года назад

    You do make very entertaining segues from content into plugs for your sponsor.

  • @danflorian8650
    @danflorian8650 Год назад

    I love the transition into advertising a sponsor!

  • @Jebusankel
    @Jebusankel 3 года назад +482

    No Christmas presents this year. Everyone's getting consulting fees!

    • @mcRydes
      @mcRydes 3 года назад

      @[Intentional Game Design] apparently not to the IRS

    • @garygrinkevich6971
      @garygrinkevich6971 3 года назад

      And Spankings.

    • @Farinhir
      @Farinhir 3 года назад

      You do realize that the IRS counts consulting fees as taxable income, right? It would be dumb to think otherwise I suppose. Don't know why I said that.

    • @mcRydes
      @mcRydes 3 года назад +1

      @@Farinhir this is a youtube comments section nothing is too dumb for us

    • @MT-eb2dx
      @MT-eb2dx 3 года назад

      When you need a consultant on what to gift for Christmas..

  • @carissaagurkis4249
    @carissaagurkis4249 3 года назад +54

    Thank you so much for acknowledging the possibility of money laundering! That's been my main suspicion since the information came out and it's cool to see someone who understands more than me on the subject say that suspicion isn't completely unfounded

  • @johnathanralls3647
    @johnathanralls3647 2 года назад +2

    This needs a follow-up video in my opinion

  • @tylerhanley1409
    @tylerhanley1409 2 года назад +2

    hi, quick question to anyone out there that knows, what is § for? I see it all the time in these vids and theres even a designated key on my laptop for it... a key that has been pressed once and only once.

  • @ksmurphable
    @ksmurphable 3 года назад +239

    I'm still just completely lost on how he spent 70k on hair styling services. Who would pay that much to "style" a couple hundred hairs. It's not like it ever looks well styled.

    • @markwilliams6378
      @markwilliams6378 2 года назад +23

      What's crazier is the IRS apparently ok'd the deduction

    • @danettaowens1081
      @danettaowens1081 2 года назад +8

      Only a but would pay that much. A wig is cheaper. LOL 😆

    • @lookronjon
      @lookronjon 2 года назад +8

      He does it himself. No shit. He also does his own makeup. No Shit.

    • @bobwestfall7762
      @bobwestfall7762 2 года назад +6

      trumps hair and him are very messy

    • @OmegaWeiss01
      @OmegaWeiss01 2 года назад

      Trump's toupee looks like one of those venomous fluffy caterpillars you can find on leaves

  • @EntireTeamIsSpy
    @EntireTeamIsSpy 3 года назад +54

    That was the cleanest, most nonchalant segue into Skill Share I've ever seen.

  • @DeathScyther006
    @DeathScyther006 2 года назад

    I swear to god you have some slick ad transitions

  • @dynomiterecords4348
    @dynomiterecords4348 Год назад +4

    I'm shocked that he actually paid a lawyer

  • @AM-cv9fi
    @AM-cv9fi 3 года назад +129

    BTW, How's your case against the Whitehouse going?

    • @spartanipods
      @spartanipods 3 года назад

      I'm not sure if this is his lawsuit, but plugging in the phrase "lawsuit against white house classified book" got me this article from yesterday-
      www.newsmax.com/politics/john-bolton-trump-lawsuit-book/2020/10/01/id/989879/

    • @ramtab9082
      @ramtab9082 3 года назад

      Thats not the right one. The article linked is about the profits from the book. The case Legal Eagle is supporting is for the government to declassify all the classified stuff in that book including before its security clearance.

    • @Nakagolas
      @Nakagolas 3 года назад +6

      A case like this often takes years to resolve. We likely won't hear about it until about 2022-2024.

  • @ashrog82
    @ashrog82 3 года назад +47

    Anyone who is surprised by this hasn't been paying attention.

    • @YourDrunkStepDad
      @YourDrunkStepDad 3 года назад +5

      trump has said for decades he tries to pay as little as he can and if you don’t know the tax laws you’re stupid 😂

    • @rajmk3
      @rajmk3 3 года назад +1

      No, we already knew it! Trump supporters must pay for it

    • @rajmk3
      @rajmk3 3 года назад

      @@YourDrunkStepDad Law and order President?

    • @YourDrunkStepDad
      @YourDrunkStepDad 3 года назад

      Mea Frenchie
      What? He never said he’d close them, and that’s not his job, it’s Congress that has to do that, but they also use the loop holes. Democrats and Republicans.

    • @YourDrunkStepDad
      @YourDrunkStepDad 3 года назад

      Alpha Man
      Trump isn’t breaking the law. In fact some of the tax laws trump uses to pay less was voted on by Biden, which is pretty amusing.

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 2 года назад

    Smooth ad transition 😆

  • @Ross_Schmidt
    @Ross_Schmidt Год назад +1

    I'm watching this video 2 years after it's made. Why hasn't anything come of all this tax fraud!

  • @avestaalamgiralam3868
    @avestaalamgiralam3868 3 года назад +194

    Me just sitting in Denmark where the goverment goes my taxes

    • @benb6527
      @benb6527 3 года назад +60

      It’s so dumb. IRS is like... do the mathS then they’re like WE DID THE MATH YOU DID IT WRONG.... why did i have to do the math then???

    • @EsplodingBomb
      @EsplodingBomb 3 года назад +38

      @@benb6527 so they can arrest/fine you because you couldn't afford a tax accountant to do them for you, AKA oppression of the working class.

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 3 года назад +37

      Canada finally announced they're doing this and some people are throwing a fit.
      To which I say: How many other places do you have to calculate what you owe to someone? When I order a pizza, do I have to add the sum of the ingredients and electricity used to cook it?

    • @sorayaimperial
      @sorayaimperial 3 года назад +6

      Yeah, Portugal also has semi-automated taxes for a few years now. Deductions are automatic, so is your income (unless you are a freelancer), you just need to figure out the IRS code for exactly the hardest parts, like investments, proprieties and inheritance u.u still, not having to save all receipts for 10 years and count them by hand is already a big time saver.
      My dad works in the UK and just receives a half page document with his numbers to make sure it is correct. In Portugal, even if you just have deductions and one income source, it is still 14 pages and takes about an hour or two to do.

    • @TRDiscordian
      @TRDiscordian 3 года назад +9

      @@Sorcerers_Apprentice I'm Canadian, they did? Finally, I'm so happy to hear that.

  • @falling_bones
    @falling_bones 3 года назад +346

    “To whatever the hell is on his head” KILLS meeeee

    • @npcx-mq6cr
      @npcx-mq6cr 3 года назад +2

      This may be evidence Elon isn't such a good friend after all

    • @Ar-fy5nc
      @Ar-fy5nc 3 года назад

      @@npcx-mq6cr what's the correlation?

    • @npcx-mq6cr
      @npcx-mq6cr 3 года назад

      Elon's made some significant donations to the Republican party, but apparently has not divulged his hair care secrets to the POTUS. (Compare Elon photos from university to now if you're not sure what I mean)

    • @jimmydanc
      @jimmydanc 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/TFyhmvSFpkc/видео.html&ab_channel=VivaFrei

  • @ChanningWearsSunscreen
    @ChanningWearsSunscreen 3 года назад

    the segues by DJ are so GOOD

  • @joannpowers927
    @joannpowers927 Год назад

    Cheered me up!

  • @pdoylemi
    @pdoylemi 3 года назад +148

    A perfect example of a "legal" deduction that really is not, comes from my life. I own a 30 ft sailboat that I take out on Lake Michigan often. My neighbor and one of my best friends used to come out there a lot. One day he asked me if thjere was anything new going on with my job, and I told him about a new product roll out. He thought it would be good for his accounting firm, and put me in a meeting with the Senior Partner and the IT guys. He was not involved after that, and had no input on the buying decision or the project (as I knew) but since I closed the deal, he technically became a "client". Suddenly, for doing exactly what we had done for years as friends, I could have legally deducted all the costs of ownership of that boat because I was using it to "entertain clients".
    Moreover, if I were really criminal, I could have EASILY inflated my costs a lot. My boat is silopped in a marina run by a non-profit Conservation club and we all pitch in to do the work that any commercial marina charges a lot for, and our slip fees are far lower than commercial marinas. No auditor in the world would question me taking a $9,000 (at least) deduction when my actual costs were about $1,800 plus maybe $1,200 in depreciation. But what I actually deserved in the way of a deduction was ZERO dollars! Phil and I would have continued sailing together whether his firm did business with us or not, and there was no reason to think that doing so made any difference in my business at all.

    • @CyberDoedel
      @CyberDoedel 3 года назад +10

      That's not exactly how federal tax law works. Please talk to a tax professional before trying this at home. And yes, an auditor would absolutely question your imaginary $9,000 deduction because it's their job to do exactly that.

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 3 года назад +11

      @@CyberDoedel
      No, they would not. Well, they possibly would, to the extent of checking to see if $9,000 was a reasonable amount for where I have the boat - it is. And sorry, but one of my best friends is a CPA who specializes in tax law. He was the one who told me I could get away with that - also the same friend I sailed with. I don't think he thought I would ever DO it, but on the boat one day, he said something like, "You know, now that our company is your client, you could deduct all this."
      Here is how tax law works - Trump deducts the costs of "Seven Springs" his private family retreat, by calling it an income property and gets away with it for years. He has been claiming that deduction for a long time and has been audited in that time - nobody went after him for that, even though 2 seconds on Google would have raised a huge red flag.

    • @theultimategamer8537
      @theultimategamer8537 3 года назад +3

      Thanks for being honest that’s something that seems to be lacking in the world of business

    • @mrspeigle1
      @mrspeigle1 3 года назад

      What's your complaining about is essentially the way the laws written. You can under law right off a boat which is used for entertaining clients. You were at the point your friend became a client using your boat to entertain clients, the law doesn't make a distinction of how many how often or what their prior business relationship to you was. The Line in the Sand is are you using the boat to entertain clients? Step over that line and you can deduct it. Yes you could write a law which distinguishes how many times you must use the boat to entertain clients, stipulates that if your client is also your friend he's not actually a client but in doing so you're opening the door to a far more intrusive IRS. And seriously I don't want the IRS assessing my personal relationship with my clients oh, that's some creepy 1984 s*** right there

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 3 года назад

      @@theultimategamer8537
      Yeah, thanks. I have to agree. THat is what makes such deductions such a problem.I also joined a country club just to network with people who could send business ny way - I am not a big lover of golfing. But most of the members loved it like I love sailing! THey deducted it anyway - even though they would have been members with or without tax incentives, I'll admit - I deducted that one - because I never would have spent that money except to promote business. In fact going there often conflicted with things I really wanted to do. .
      But why should ANYTHING be deductible when the purpose is to make more money?
      What is really sad, is that I had an acquaintance in college whose parents were rich, and owned a company. THey appointed him as a VP, and paid for his college as "salary and benefits" That allowed them (through the company) to deduct his whole education! My parents could not do that and would not have tried if they could. I paid nearly $20,000 for tution, books, room and board, etc which was at the time close to the median family income! So the rich probably saved at lest $4,000/yr for sending their kid to college, and mine saved nothing. As Trump would say, I guess that makes them "smart" not total pieces of shit.

  • @limolnar
    @limolnar 3 года назад +147

    "For whatever is on his head." LOL

  • @sylversfynx3485
    @sylversfynx3485 3 года назад

    refreshingly unbiased, thank you

  • @ZoomStranger
    @ZoomStranger Год назад

    many thanks, very interesting.

  • @redlorax5380
    @redlorax5380 3 года назад +224

    Is this means he's a fraud, that's bad. If this isn't fraud, that's worse

    • @SerialChiller1000
      @SerialChiller1000 3 года назад +2

      Much worse. It means he is a bad businessman. Totally contrary to the image he, and Mark Burnett, constructed.

    • @Willywin
      @Willywin 3 года назад +7

      You are right its worse - Trump was able to do this because of Clinton's, and Obama's tax legisaltion - remember Obama had two years where the Dems controlled everything - Did we get Medicare for All - No... Did we get Tax reform - No... Did Obama get rich - yes.

    • @SerialChiller1000
      @SerialChiller1000 3 года назад +14

      @@Willywin What an intellectually hollow non-sequitur. He lost money year-after-year in spite of receiving a massive inheritance from his father. I am not addressing his tax avoidance, legal or otherwise. I am pointing out his lack of business acumen. Go peddle your partisan talking points somewhere else.

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 3 года назад +7

      @@Willywin trying to shoehorn Obama in everywhere is a bit of a hobby of yours isn't it?

    • @gabrieljean-batiste2006
      @gabrieljean-batiste2006 3 года назад +6

      @@Willywin Obama made money off of his book, which was written before his presidency. Use facts.

  • @hannahshepherd2108
    @hannahshepherd2108 3 года назад +108

    This is the smoothest transition into an advertisement I've ever seen.

    • @beback_
      @beback_ 3 года назад +2

      I was just about to write this exact sentence lol.

  • @MsLouisez
    @MsLouisez 2 года назад

    Ah, the shade thrown via skillshare is a masterclass in itself.

  • @Tina06019
    @Tina06019 3 года назад

    Legal Eagle:
    Unrelated question. What color of paint did you use on the wall behind you?

  • @Ace_Larrakin_Productions
    @Ace_Larrakin_Productions 3 года назад +180

    “Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains, thieves of public property in riches and luxury”
    - Kato the Elder

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад +11

      it is Cato, no K in latin. And he was RIGHT.

    • @RedZeshinX
      @RedZeshinX 3 года назад +14

      @Nospam Spamisham It sounds pretty silly to say the rule of law breaks down when resources are controlled in trust for the people, if the rule of law itself is a resource controlled in trust for the people. 🤔 Unless one is somehow to interpret that a privately operated justice system would necessarily be more just than a publicly operated one? 🤨 Not sure many folks would buy that. If you ask me, any system is only as good as the people who run it, doesn't really matter if it's public or private, capitalist or communist, it can be corrupted either way to self-destructive ends.

    • @jimmydanc
      @jimmydanc 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/TFyhmvSFpkc/видео.html&ab_channel=VivaFrei

  • @irri3191
    @irri3191 3 года назад +171

    He's going to write off his medical expenses for covid this year.

    • @gregdubya1993
      @gregdubya1993 3 года назад +6

      Medical expenses can be written off to a certain % of income

    • @angie8110
      @angie8110 3 года назад +9

      I'm pretty sure the white house has its on physicians and medical care ( not that it will stop him)

    • @dip.2271
      @dip.2271 3 года назад +12

      medical expenses paid by the taxpayer.

    • @tophers3756
      @tophers3756 3 года назад +3

      @@angie8110 like that would stop Trump.

    • @nhagan001
      @nhagan001 3 года назад +5

      @@angie8110 Can we call these physicians and Medical care and maybe get them to offer subpar services and overcharge by 500%?
      I would like Trump to get the TRUE American Healthcare.

  • @lowkeystudios5026
    @lowkeystudios5026 Год назад +2

    I don't think A SOUL was suprised that trump doesn't pay taxes

  • @DetroitAnalog
    @DetroitAnalog 5 месяцев назад

    There it is. Nicely done fellas. Great research. :0)

  • @Crumbledink
    @Crumbledink 3 года назад +148

    Tax fraud?!? In America?!? Amongst billionaires?!? WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SEEN THIS COMING?!?!?

    • @zaczane
      @zaczane 3 года назад +2

      Captain Hindsight!!!!

    • @AUTgriesbrei
      @AUTgriesbrei 3 года назад +2

      @@zaczane I say it was captain obvious.

    • @lazypaladin
      @lazypaladin 3 года назад

      *Cue Seinfeld UWAHHH? noise*

    • @imightbebiased9311
      @imightbebiased9311 3 года назад +2

      I am shocked, SHOCKED that fraud is going on in this establishment.

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад +2

      @Zac R: I would not count a man who probably has more debt than property a billionaire.

  • @BigDaddyWes
    @BigDaddyWes 3 года назад +146

    "I didn't avoid taxes, my lawyers did it for me."

    • @timothybayliss6680
      @timothybayliss6680 3 года назад +10

      People don't get this. As long as the client hired an accounting firm or lawyer to perform tax services in good faith, it absolves the client of criminal responsibly in the instance.

    • @antargaming1619
      @antargaming1619 3 года назад +8

      Don’t hate the player, hate the game

    • @Charon85Onozuka
      @Charon85Onozuka 3 года назад +5

      @@timothybayliss6680 ​ Not necessarily. If the people preparing the taxes are following proper due diligence, then they're basically keeping records to help show that they did everything legally with the information provided by the taxpayer. If the taxpayer provided false information (like inflating business expenses) unknown to the preparer, then the taxpayer can still be liable while the preparer is perfectly fine. And if the taxpayer actually directed their tax preparer to do anything, legal or otherwise, to avoid taxes; then both are in for some serious trouble when they get caught.

    • @Handles119
      @Handles119 3 года назад +2

      As long as you have a good fall guy you’re good! And I’m not saying I’m a big Trump fan, but doesn’t just about every wealthy person in the world do pretty much this crap? Everyone is just so surprised...

    • @SuperOttsel
      @SuperOttsel 3 года назад

      @louis albert Would be their own fault they signed off on his accounts which means they are responsible to make sure the accounts were correct

  • @ozloop69
    @ozloop69 Год назад +2

    I love the show but my takeaway is that America needs to do a lot of work to patch up a lot of holes in a sinking colander

  • @fegrace_1
    @fegrace_1 Год назад

    Hi past self, this is present me. I watched this video last year and almost year to day the NY DA filed civil lawsuits on many of the things discussed in this video and much, much, more! Oh I can’t wait to see the update from this video. I am glad this attorney operates with integrity and he uses his platform to educate his views. Well, we will definitely be seeing Trump and three of his children in COURT!

  • @hrpang
    @hrpang 3 года назад +536

    So Trump is trying to mess with the IRS?
    NOT EVEN THE JOKER WILL MESS WITH THE IRS!
    Edit: Hooray some people have been pointing it its a reference. Kudos to those people.

    • @cjtjets5941
      @cjtjets5941 3 года назад +12

      Scientology messed with the IRS and got a tax exempt status

    • @delos2279
      @delos2279 3 года назад +13

      Normal people don't want to go to jail but rich people with big lawyer teams always mess with the IRS. Unfortunately.

    • @maryreed9378
      @maryreed9378 3 года назад

      Oh contraire he believes he is sma

    • @shells500tutubo
      @shells500tutubo 3 года назад +11

      He and Repubs have defunded the IRS to make it a skeleton crew. A Democratic House and Senate could remedy that, and if enough of them aren't paid off by special interests they could rescind the tax cut bill and close some loopholes for the rich.

    • @nathanbaumer2224
      @nathanbaumer2224 3 года назад +22

      Batman animated series...I see you @hrpang...I see you.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +79

    “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
    ― Honore de Balzac

    • @qactustick
      @qactustick 3 года назад +1

      Thinking of spider webs and the implied holes in such, that quote doesn't really make sense to me. Wouldn't it actually be easier for little ones to 'pass through'?

    • @DragonZXDragster
      @DragonZXDragster 3 года назад +1

      ^This

    • @OmnipotentNoodle
      @OmnipotentNoodle 3 года назад +2

      @@qactustick Have you ever heard of a metaphor?

    • @jeremiahsaxton8967
      @jeremiahsaxton8967 3 года назад +4

      @@qactustick That's the point; It's saying that the spider web is dysfunctional. It /should/ be the other way around, but isn't, therefore, it is a broken system.

    • @hugedickerinokripperino5299
      @hugedickerinokripperino5299 3 года назад

      Agreed, flawed metaphor

  • @patrickedwards5804
    @patrickedwards5804 Год назад

    Masterly exposition.. I'm heading off to read all those legal precedents you mentioned..