Andre Ward Returns Fine Money To Paul Smith

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    I was a little surprised that he did it with Smith of all people, who tried to weight cheat him.
     
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    BTW, just in case anyone didn't get why Irish was wrong about the tax bands, let me explain. When you move into a higher tax band, you don't get taxed a higher rate on ALL your income, that would obviously be too absurd. You get taxed a higher rate only on the income that falls into that band.

    So hypothetically - if he was $7500 dollars under the highest tax band, and the $37500 he gave back would have pushed him into the highest tax band, he'd only get taxed the higher rate on $30000.

    That's why it never makes to actually give money away for tax purposes, only to pretend to, and just deduct as many expenses as possible etc.
     
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    I am almost sure I included a smilie with my post...I can't be certain, I mean, I might have to go back and check...........:wack:
     
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    Because you were laughing at your own misinformed joke, don't try and weasel your way out of it.
     
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    Yes, you are right, I paused long and hard to consider any possible tautology or etymological inconsistencies in my post, and, erroneously believing there to be none, launched into an ill-advised episode of jocularity which was high on opportunism and low on tax-income rationale.

    :wack:

    Ward reWARDed Smith for the same reason the Japanese showed respect to British soldiers who refused to dig their own graves..........they showed a bit of balls.

    Smith showed up and didn't get on his knees, and Ward probably respects that.
     
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    No, you made an off the cuff joke based on a common misconception about tax brackets. Don't get so worked up over it, as I said it's a common misconception.
     
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    No, I know about the tax brackets as everybody over here has a tax free allowance, you fuck, I just didn't, for the sake of some instant jocularity in a boxing thread on a pretty redundant site, pause to avoid any wrong wording.

    You are butthurt over the Miggles thing. Relax.
     
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    You're lying. No way you'd be this defensive otherwise :kidcool:
     
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    Yes, I confess....I believed Andre Ward was participating in a Tax-Avoidance scheme and that the Paul Smith money would have exposed him to Lauren Hill + Wesley Snipes jail-time...I admit it, I launched into a fiscal review of the matter without fully thinking the situation out. OK. Happy :dunno:
     
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    Make that exposing Lauren Michelle Hill and we all win.
     
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    no ticky no washy Neil, you better listen.
     

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