▲ 112 ▼ Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 90 points 2 years ago (1 child) Roger Stone failed to pay $2M in taxes: no indictment. Rudy Giuliani CURRENTLY owes over $500K in back taxes and is also an "addict that lives an extravagant lifestyle". Where's his indictment? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) It seems that it was more than just failure to pay: The new charges against Hunter Biden include filing a false return and tax evasion felonies, as well as misdemeanor failure to file and failure to pay. That said, the maximum sentence for tax evasion is five years, but I don’t know how multiple counts work in this situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SheeEttin@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago You can get the max on each count. Usually that doesn't happen, unless they didn't get more counts or higher charges to stick. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but like, they are charging him with the scheme of not failing to pay. OP pointed out others doing the same stuff. If he did crimes, good that charges were filed. Seems a bit hypocritical but then what would really be really hypocritical is holding people to a different standard while saying everyone should have the same standard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) It seems that it was more than just failure to pay: The new charges against Hunter Biden include filing a false return and tax evasion felonies, as well as misdemeanor failure to file and failure to pay. That said, the maximum sentence for tax evasion is five years, but I don’t know how multiple counts work in this situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SheeEttin@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago You can get the max on each count. Usually that doesn't happen, unless they didn't get more counts or higher charges to stick. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but like, they are charging him with the scheme of not failing to pay. OP pointed out others doing the same stuff. If he did crimes, good that charges were filed. Seems a bit hypocritical but then what would really be really hypocritical is holding people to a different standard while saying everyone should have the same standard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SheeEttin@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago You can get the max on each count. Usually that doesn't happen, unless they didn't get more counts or higher charges to stick. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, but like, they are charging him with the scheme of not failing to pay. OP pointed out others doing the same stuff. If he did crimes, good that charges were filed. Seems a bit hypocritical but then what would really be really hypocritical is holding people to a different standard while saying everyone should have the same standard. permalink fedilink source parent