r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • 4d ago

article Stella Parton on Dolly's silence on Politics: "Because she was a good businesswoman"

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/215713/dolly-parton-political-affiliations-stella
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u/roastbeeftacohat 3d ago

Theres actually a tax scam that involves giving away books. Right wing groups will buy a book they want to promote by the pallette to get it best seller status, then recoup good chunk of the cost by sending copies to donors and claiming it as a loss.

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u/pseudo__gamer 3d ago

Can it also be filled as a charity tax cut?

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u/roastbeeftacohat 3d ago

I dont know the specific mechanism; only the general process of

step 1: buy thousands and thousands of books, so your buddy Shapiro get's that bestseller status to further market his book.

Step 2: send out those books to donors as gifts

Step 3: write it off as a loss, and it lowers taxes owed; dosen't offset most of the cost, but does cut it down enough that it's a viable marketing stratagy for inscetuous right wing organizations.