WPost endorses Obama, dodges his taxes

[LMoore24]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Post Co. will pay its 2013 dividends before the end of this year to try to spare investors from anticipated tax increases.

The media and education company said Friday that its dividend of $9.80 per share is payable Dec. 27 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 17. The payout is instead of regular quarterly dividends next year.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...12-07-16-53-14

[songfourone]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Post Co. will pay its 2013 dividends before the end of this year to try to spare investors from anticipated tax increases.

The media and education company said Friday that its dividend of $9.80 per share is payable Dec. 27 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 17. The payout is instead of regular quarterly dividends next year.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...12-07-16-53-14

Is this illegal?????

[skeemer]

Oh noes, a corporation looking out for the best interest of its owners (shareholders)!

[Mom49of4]

Do not know but Romney was slammed for handling his taxes legally.

[ms maggie]

WP isn't dodging its taxes, it's allowing its shareholders to.

[songfourone]

Do not know but Romney was slammed for handling his taxes legally.

I am waiting for Mittens to amend his taxes for this year, he has 3 year to do it

[flyboy56]

Oh noes, a corporation looking out for the best interest of its owners (shareholders)!

A company is by law required to look out for it's shareholders.

[skeemer]

WP isn't dodging its taxes, it's allowing its shareholders to.

Saying that they are dodging taxes implies illegality. There is nothing illegal about it. If you are a disciple of Friedman's than it is the moral thing to do as well.

[LMoore24]

Saying that they are dodging taxes implies illegality. .

No.

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tax dodge
- definition



noun [countable] informal British English pronunciation: tax dodge
Word Forms

a legal way of paying less tax"

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/d...tish/tax-dodge

[skeemer]

No.

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tax dodge
- definition



noun [countable] informal British English pronunciation: tax dodge
Word Forms

a legal way of paying less tax"

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/d...tish/tax-dodge

Thanks for the dictionary definition, pointdexter. I was talking about the colloquial meaning of the phrase.

[LMoore24]

Thanks for the dictionary definition, pointdexter. I was talking about the colloquial meaning of the phrase.

Link?
Namecalling is a sure sign that you know you're wrong.

[skeemer]

Link?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquial

Definition of COLLOQUIAL
1
: of or relating to conversation : conversational
2
a : used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; also : unacceptably informal
b : using conversational style
— colloquial noun
— col·lo·qui·al·i·ty noun
— col·lo·qui·al·ly adverb
See colloquial defined for English-language learners »
See colloquial defined for kids »
Examples of COLLOQUIAL

<the new coworker's rudeness soon began—to use a colloquial expression—to rub me the wrong way>
<a colloquial essay on what makes a marriage successful>
But I think part of this pickle that we're in—if I may be colloquial, even though I'm not running for office—is that we've lost their sense of responsibility. —Sarah Vowell, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2008

There you go.

[Gopher]

Interesting. The progressives are generally real big a fans of higher taxes as long as they’re not the one’s paying them. I see Warren Buffett is a big beneficiary of this early payout. Has anyone asked his secretary what she thinks about it?

Here’s another progressive puker of an editorial by the New York Times bemoaning the fact that caps on the deductibility of state and local taxes, with the potential to exceed the limits imposed by the AMT, are apparently on the table:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/op...dayspaper&_r=0

LOL! Apparently they believe that it's in the best interests of everyone else to continue subsidizing their bloated state and local welfare states.