A Tesla Cybertruck owner says there is a concerted effort to publicly shame people who drive the all-electric truck. He recounts several instances where people pointed and laughed at him while driving his Cybertruck.
    • brown567@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

      Those ones we just refuse to acknowledge, corporations pay through the nose for attention, so don’t give it to them

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
        91·
        17 days ago

        That’s not really how that works, just because it’s a business expense doesn’t mean it’s free money.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          17 days ago

          It does mean it’s cheaper to put a wrap on the truck than pay taxes. That’s all I was getting at.

          • explore_broaden@midwest.socialEnglish
            8·
            17 days ago

            That doesn’t really make sense, even if they’re in the 37% tax bracket if the wrap costs $100 they only save $37 on taxes.

            • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              17 days ago

              They’re probably claiming the entire truck as a business expense because of the wrap. Therefore, they’re able to basically buy it with untaxed money, saving whatever their effective business tax rate is on the $100k or whatever. Of course, stuff like that is usually a bit of light tax fraud, because many small business owners just want a big expensive truck, but putting advertising on the car you drive for personal use doesn’t make every mile a business mile. You can deduct the wrap itself, and if you are diligent you can deduct a reasonable and justifiable amount based on the advertising value and actual business use, but especially for shop owners, this is just tacky business owners hoping they don’t get audited.

            • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
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              17 days ago

              They probably think “tax deductible” means you take the entire value off your taxes or something.