http://www.taxgirl.com/g-20-ready-to-make-a-statement-about-so-called-tax-havens/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.taxgirl.com/g-20-ready-to-make-a-statement-about-so-called-tax-havens/comment-page-1/#comment-9970 lizriz Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:41:53 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3070#comment-9970 I don't know if this is particularly relevant, but while I was reading this I was thinking about how many people I know who have offshore accounts so they can play online poker - People who would never have an offshore account except that you don't have a choice if you want to play poker online with money. I wonder, then, if they are more likely not to declare their poker income, whereas maybe they would have if they could have just used a domestic bank account. I don’t know if this is particularly relevant, but while I was reading this I was thinking about how many people I know who have offshore accounts so they can play online poker – People who would never have an offshore account except that you don’t have a choice if you want to play poker online with money. I wonder, then, if they are more likely not to declare their poker income, whereas maybe they would have if they could have just used a domestic bank account.

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