Post by @FluentInFinance@mastodon.social

2026-10-01 00:47 UTC

JUST IN: Meta is using AI data centers to claim research tax credits, according to the NYT. Its total research credits reached almost $4,000,000,000 in 2025 alone. It also counted Mark Zuckerberg’s $4.1 billion compensation as research spending to claim a $355 million tax break. Apparently when you’re worth $2 trillion, a data center is a science experiment and your CEO’s $4 billion payday is research.

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@stux@mstdn.social 2026-10-01 01:35

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social We need to get rid of billionaires, one way or another

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@gvenema@fairmove.net 2026-10-01 10:38

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social They do not feel the need to keep a mask on, because they succeeded in capturing most of the democracies around the world. They know that nobody believes the Trickle Down Myth anymore, and they don't care.

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@buckfiftyseven@mastodon.social 2026-10-01 01:20

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social This isn't surprising. The R&D tax credit is engineered to rope in a lot of standard operating procedures. Personally, I would eliminate the credit across the board and count on people who need real research to do it. https://www.kbkg.com/research-tax-credits/research-development-tax-credit-qualifying-activities

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@the_turtle@polyglot.city 2026-10-01 01:40

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social what exactly did he research? "Sucking trump's balls" is a pretty well-trod topic.

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