That is correct, he doesn't actually have to stream playing the game for it to count as a business expense.
He would only be able to answer the last question. He knows dick all about emulation and naming any restaurant would fuck him real hard.
No, Phil will whine about how he doesn't have the money to legally challenge these mentally ill no-loader stalkers. Please tip me.
My favorite Kat lie is how her favorite things to do were cooking and cleaning. "Soulmaid" didn't just come out of nowhere after all.
The last one will be, without a doubt, a long-ass tangent.
"I spend thousands of dollars a month researching a game I MAY want to play on stream sometime in the future."
Ummm OK. How about "I plan on streaming it once the character reaches a certain level and it isn't there yet. It might never be." There are countless ways to spin it into a business expense and the creditors and/or government has to PROVE he is lying. That's why he got away with it.
I would guess its the other way around, if the IRS comes looking at your shit, its gonna be up to YOU to prove/justify everything. He only got away with it because no one could be bothered to really look very deep into what he's doing. They just saw video game player is paying for video games. If anyone actually ever gains interest in his tax situation for whatever reason, he will be fucked.
This is where people who got too curious for their own good and decided to call his bank and pretend to be Phil and use his banking information to access his debits and credits should be worrying. It’s 100% actionable. He may not sue but he can certainly contact the police and begin an cyber crimes investigation. That’s 100% worth the time and money to the state. Specifically if multiple people did it and didn’t do things to CYA.
Hey before I forget, can someone tell me the relevance of something being pre-authorized vs not pre-authorized? I didn't include that flag in my own spreadsheet and am now wondering if I should?
I do feel like explaining this away to Courts and Banks would be akin to explaining it away to his boomer parents who have no idea how these things work. Do you really even expect that these people would understand the basic premise of streaming and having your career "crowd-funded"?
I think it's when you have your payment details saved and give permission to the company to automatically debit you however often.
Explain what to courts? You think the courts give a fuck what Phil spends his money on? You do. As far as the courts are concerned all Phil needs to do is make the argument: “My privacy has been violated. I did not authorize anyone to access my banking records outside of my attorneys and those related to my bankruptcy case.” The courts aren’t going to give two shits if he spends $1.99 600 times on a website like OnlyFans. As far as they’re concerned it’s as simple as A) Were his rights violated. B) Was a crime committed towards him.
