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I really do not get that

Posted on: September 6, 2022 at 15:47:30 CT

meatiger MU

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M.O.B. Votes:

let's say a boat costs you $100K and you are in the 25% tax bracket.

You buy it, and you save $25K in taxes, so you are still $75K down. I guess now you have a big ass boat, but that makes zero actual business sense.

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1 Week from today I will be on a plane to Scottsdale AZ - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:25:12

when are you hooking up with ScottsdaleTiger? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 9/6 16:57:36

They can do reach arounds while talking about AD budgets(nm) - Eggs MU - 9/6 16:58:57

RE: They can do reach arounds while talking about AD budgets(nm) - dangertim MU

- 9/6 21:43:52

WADR that is gross(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 9/6 19:55:52

[sensible chuckle](nm) - dangertim MU

- 9/6 21:41:58

limp - 90Tiger STL - 9/6 16:59:57

you shack-killing sonofa*****(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 16:33:51

we need a gif for that - colonel angus beef KC - 9/6 16:43:31

RE: we need a gif for that - Tigrrrr! MU

- 9/6 21:26:19

RE: we need a gif for that - cooter MU

- 9/6 17:26:53

RE: we need a gif for that - lqf2b8 ATL - 9/6 16:57:27

RE: we need a gif for that - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 18:46:32

It's only 108 degrees there right now, feels like a sauna - Macgrantt MU - 9/6 15:55:40

you would know (nm) - pickle MU

- 9/6 16:24:55

yeah but it's an hour earlier(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:57:35

And they don't have daylight savings time(nm) - meatiger MU - 9/6 16:03:41

that's racist(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 16:05:54

Or Indiana - Mormad MU - 9/6 16:06:46

Arizona doesn’t have Indiana? - pickle MU

- 9/6 16:33:03

You should buy a company Escalade before Dec. 31. (nm) - Newcatbirdseat MU - 9/6 15:37:24

Where I worked they would use overtime at the end of each - alstl MU - 9/6 17:29:55

had a fellow insurance agent once tell me that they - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:44:45

The answer: - XRob MU

- 9/6 16:56:44

I know business owners who add Mizzou football tickets - mizzouSECedes STL - 9/6 16:15:28

that's likely part of the reason why we have the charade of - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 16:21:33

they just write it off(nm) - TigerA MU - 9/6 15:48:02

RE: they just write it off(nm) - Fred G. Sanford USA - 9/6 15:55:01

I really do not get that - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:47:30

you gotta run it as a profit deal - colonel angus beef KC - 9/6 16:26:52

If you're dropping $100k on a boat for your business, - tigerdb MU - 9/6 16:09:39

I just threw out a number - meatiger MU - 9/6 16:10:23

but the % is closer to 45%, and if it's someone that likes - tigerdb MU - 9/6 16:14:50

I get that - meatiger MU - 9/6 16:16:36

Step 1 - buy a boat - Mormad MU - 9/6 16:19:02

But, you have a boat - Mormad MU - 9/6 16:11:46

Sounds like you just got 25% of the price of a new boat(nm) - Mormad MU - 9/6 15:58:42

get 4 people to go in on it and it's free(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:59:09

Get 3 business partners who don't like water - Mormad MU - 9/6 16:00:11

would you rather pay the government or yourself? (nm) - ashtray UF - 9/6 15:57:06

I would rather keep the $75k and invest - meatiger MU - 9/6 16:09:41

increasing your salary would mean paying more taxes - ashtray UF - 9/6 18:03:09

No - Meat's point was: would you rather pay the government - tigerdb MU - 9/6 16:08:16

uses it to entertain clients, of course (nm) - ashtray UF - 9/6 15:45:28

Hef could sure use one now(nm) - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:47:51

lol(nm) - Rabbit Test MU - 9/6 15:48:35

because of the implication, obviously(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:45:51

I bet you can use the prop to shred paper, too (nm) - ashtray UF - 9/6 15:47:52

One of the best conversations ever - cooter MU

- 9/6 15:47:40

It's not dark...you're misunderstanding me bro(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:52:03

RE: It's not dark...you're misunderstanding me bro(nm) - cooter MU

- 9/6 17:32:43

How about - Rabbit Test MU - 9/6 15:32:20

RE: How about - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:35:26

Hike that bad boy from top to bottom and back up - Mormad MU - 9/6 15:29:56

my walk from the alumni center to Faurot Field last week - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:30:42

If you go to the South Rim, you can take the mules - Mormad MU - 9/6 15:32:21

is this a sex thing? (nm) - lqf2b8 ATL - 9/6 15:51:50

yes...magrandt(nm) - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:53:55

Well Tijuana is only an afternoon drive away(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:53:13

So is Area 51 if you'd rather be probed(nm) - Mormad MU - 9/6 15:57:54

we've got some sort of Jeep excursion booked neer Paige AZ - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:34:38

This is worth doing. - Rabbit Test MU - 9/6 15:41:08

The pink ones? Out of Sedona? - Mormad MU - 9/6 15:36:59

I think this is Antelope Canyon - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:41:36

lol(nm) - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:32:04

Lol-----Gyro(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 9/6 15:27:33

It's now my goal to find insurance conferences - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:28:32

One of the great things for a few years - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:30:57

the nature of my business means I'll never have a foreign - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:33:13

The other thing about the last - meatiger MU - 9/6 15:35:44

How many fine time pieces you got though?----Gyro(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 9/6 15:30:56

I think I'm up to about 14 --- real Gyro(nm) - Gyro STL - 9/6 15:49:26

You're like 10X more likely to be audited as a business... - Gyro STL - 9/6 15:30:50

so should I stop writing off my private jet commute to work - Joeboo MU

- 9/6 15:32:16

I had a client once... - Gyro STL - 9/6 15:46:12

so did you fix his speeding ticket or no? (nm) - phrejd KC - 9/6 16:46:01

Is this the part... - Gyro STL - 9/6 16:50:44

this accolade? - phrejd KC - 9/6 16:54:32

Yep(nm) - Gyro STL - 9/6 17:04:17

normal people find that embarrassing - phrejd KC - 9/6 17:06:42

"Normal people"? Old balls... - Gyro STL - 9/6 17:10:10

again, this is why they're laughing at you (nm) - phrejd KC - 9/6 17:11:58

Still couldn't care less... - Gyro STL - 9/6 17:13:31

i'm not sure anyone on this board cares more about - phrejd KC - 9/6 17:16:27