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Reporting people for evading taxes is good when there is legitimate evidence to back up such accusations. However, this #ThotAudit movement has simply gone too far. It has reached a point where it's being used to harass those who have done nothing wrong. Roosh V. is accusing Brittany Venti of tax evasion without any sort of legitimate evidence. The only "evidence" he gave, to summarize in my own words, was that "she locky her accounty hehehehe." Not only that, but he's encouraging his followers to report her to the IRS. This is pretty much the fiscal equivalent of swatting in the sense that it is people misusing the IRS reporting system in bad faith. And I honestly condemn anyone who is misusing the IRS or any other government system, service, or agency as a harassment tactic. Zero respect for those kinds of people.

Reporting people for evading taxes is good when there is legitimate evidence to back up such accusations. However, this #ThotAudit movement has simply gone too far. It has reached a point where it's being used to harass those who have done nothing wrong. Roosh V. is accusing Brittany Venti of tax evasion without any sort of legitimate evidence. The only "evidence" he gave, to summarize in my own words, was that ["she locky her accounty hehehehe."](http://archive.is/23JDd) Not only that, but he's encouraging his followers to report her to the IRS. This is pretty much the fiscal equivalent of swatting in the sense that it is people misusing the IRS reporting system in bad faith. And I honestly condemn anyone who is misusing the IRS or any other government system, service, or agency as a harassment tactic. Zero respect for those kinds of people.

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[–] Dii_Casses 5 points (+5|-0) Edited

Tim Pool made a good point when he said that in his personal experience, platforms that collect revenue for him report this info to the IRS and the IRS has notified him in cases where he forgot to pay taxes on that income. So most of this is wasted effort, outside of a few edge cases where the girls in question handle their payments through a third party such as Paypal.

[–] MirrorMan 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm not knowledgeable here because I've never touched Instagram/snapchat/twitter, but my guess is that gifts are the issue. I'd hazard a guess some of these girls are getting pricey gifts from orbiting suitors suckers and not reporting them. Culturally women receive more gifts than men. Investigating only money donation platforms is not as big of an issue specifically when auditing an internet model.

[–] Sarcastaway 2 points (+2|-0)

A few things to note (about US law, anyway). First is that a cash gift is only taxable when in excess of $15,000 for the year. Stocks and real estate are treated the same way.

Second is that the donor is the one taxed for making such a gift in most cases.

Third: a gift is defined as a transfer where compensation is not received in return, and is generally characterized as "detached or disinterested." By this metric, it would not be hard for a donor to argue that something like a photo was the compensation (making the recipient responsible for paying income tax), and the recipient could just as easily argue that the photo was unrelated (making the donor responsible for paying a gift tax).

In regard to the third point, crowdfunding platform transactions are not considered gifts, as there is a promise of goods or services at some point. Funding through platforms like snapchat and other cam-whoring sites are not gifts either, since appearance on camera is considered a performance, and therefore a service rendered.

So in a sense you're right that gifts are the issue here for the IRS, but its the donors that are likely evading these taxes in most cases.

[–] MirrorMan 3 points (+3|-0)

Roosh is a douche and I can definitely see how this "movement" will go too far because of personal vendetta. That said, I can find no real fault with it on paper. The people that are being targeted do not meaningfully contribute to society in a positive way in my opinion. I'm not saying they should be penalized for exploiting the human sexual drive, but they should play by the same rules as everyone else. If people that play video games for a living on twitch can navigate the tax code for donations and gifts they receive then so can thots. Thots are not some protected class, they are grown adults with the responsibility of following the same rules that apply to everyone.

[–] E-werd 3 points (+3|-0)

Fucking neckbeards. Call others "beta" doesn't make you "alpha" it just makes you a tool.

[–] revmoo 2 points (+2|-0)

What the fuck is this shit?

To summarize the #ThotAudit (as to the best of my knowledge), it's basically a movement to report "thots" on platforms like Twitch and Snapchat to the IRS for tax evasion.

[–] Sarcastaway 2 points (+2|-0)

Thanks for reminding me why I don't use most social media. Every aspect of this is just so dumb I can't even put words to it. These things tend to resolve themselves in the long run. Snitches tend toward stitches. Whores have always existed. Bitter men have always existed. What else is new.

[–] seanking2919 [OP] 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

Honestly, yeah. I could see some of those who are reporting innocent people to the IRS for no good reason getting themselves in legal trouble since it could definitely be considered either defamation or harassment, especially if it could be considered coordinated in the case of Roosh V. encouraging followers to report Venti.

[–] Sarcastaway 2 points (+2|-0)

in the case of Roosh V.

I did a search for a legal case by that name before I realized what you meant LOL.

But yeah, its certainly illegal. Hell, I'd imagine its probably illegal in itself, since these people are potentially wasting federal resources and providing false information to federal agents.

[–] Justintoxicated 0 points (+0|-0)

The main issue in my mind is that this shit is small potatoes that wastes the IRS' time and will eventually cost every taxpayer more money as it means the IRS can show an increase in demand for their services (the amount of taxes these people are dodging is probably not as much as the amount of money needed to audit/investigate them).

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

I don't care about thots, I think everyone should avoid paying taxes as much as possible.

[–] ScorpioGlitch 0 points (+0|-0)

Not paying your taxes is illegal. If these people have paid their taxes, there's a record. An audit doesn't cost nearly as much taxpayer time as it does IRS time.

So it's pretty simple because this is a two-fer:

  1. People who don't pay taxes are breaking the law.

  2. Waste the resources of the IRS because taxes are theft.

On the chance that you don't agree with me on the theft part, you have to work almost 15 minutes out of every hour before you start getting paid. Working without pay, particularly being compelled to do so, is "slavery." One-Quarter of your life that you'll never get back.

[–] E-werd 2 points (+2|-0)

One-Quarter of your life that you'll never get back.

Nobody works 24 hours/day though.

[–] ScorpioGlitch 0 points (+0|-0) Edited

It doesn't mitigate wage theft. In any case, it's still not a small chunk, yeah? That's 2 hours each 8 hour work day. 2 hours that you will never get back. Time is literally the only asset you have.

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

Sure, but I don't feel my time is worth any amount of money either. It's just a necessary thing. I feel that view is just overly dramatic. You have to give something to get something and you can't say you don't receive benefits from taxes, at least in "western" countries.