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Martys_not_smarty said:
Sometimes I have to really think about what's scummier, the fact the Pigroach thinks he's entitled to write off these consoles as a business expense or the fact the IRS is too lazy to just go "hey waitaminute we have to talk about some of these deductions".
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Phil is definitely entitled to write off consoles/games as business expenses. The only trouble he could run into is if the consoles/games are 'mixed use', meaning that he is using them both for business and personal use. In that case he could only deduct a proportion of the cost of the item based on the split between business and personal use (i.e. if you use something 75% of the time for business you can deduct 75% of the cost). But we all know that Phil hates playing games so he is probably in the clear on that front. However, I am convinced that Phil has been claiming WWE champions microtransactions as business expenses on his taxes (the only way he can get to $5k/month expenses) and a careful IRS audit might sniff that out if they bothered to ask.
 
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Jaracainofthewind said:
You know, I always partially wonder if thats why he got into Youtube. Sure he is the stupidest bastard alive. But he did go to business school, and even he can formulate a plan. In fact. I wouldnt be surprised if his Best Buy PS2s weren't going to be written off. I have an accountant friend who is like "Yeah I can cheat taxes all day long. Its not even hard. But, thats why I also work for the state..."

So rate me optimistic, but I'm guessing thats why he did it initially.
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I'm pretty sure even from his own mouth the story is "saw AVGN and thought, 'me too'", and even if I'm misremembering him saying so it's obvious that's what it was given when he started and what his content was like. He fell face-first into a lucrative contract with Machinima and because he was getting paid Fuck You Money doing things a certain way he decided that was literally all he would have to do, exactly in that way, for the rest of his life while constantly making a shitzillion dollars.
 
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From KaitoLink on twitter. Great screen caps, got a hearty laugh out of me.
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Gamergirl Cleanup Crew said:
It's incredible how Phil's "I TOLD YOU TO TIP NOT CHEER, WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO MEEEE?" shtick hasn't turned off more of his fans. Not only because of the shamelessness and lack of respect he shows his audience even while they're giving him money, but why does he need the money immediately? Tips are the easiest chargebacks, so why does he prefer them? Also he knows when he gets paid by Twitch, so it's easier to budget around that. It's almost like tips go straight towards frivolous spending, and when he's demanding cash from his paypigs to buy food with, he's really going to spend it on something silly and slightly gay like pictures of sweaty men in speedos.
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It reminds me of that talk of being gifted money on Birthdays and how it shouldn't be spent on bills. Tips are for his frivolous spending. He goes so fuckin' ham with it because in reality, it's not like he really earned it, so he doesn't have any value to it. Unlike Twitch where he's "employed", where it's a monthly thing.
 
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Pepper Jack said:
He is openly lying about the chargebacks now. Chargebacks have replaced taxes as the eternal blackhole of begging. He has to show zero evidence of chargebacks, so he can just pretend he got another $100 in chargebacks "right before the stream". He can then complain that he is starting out in the red and he needs that money.

It never ceases to amaze how a grown "mature adult" spends his days guilt tripping mentally ill and handicapped people to part with some of their tugboat to help him buy ingredients for tuna casserole.
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He's been doing this for literal years and will still be doing it a decade from now unless people stop rewarding him for his stupid decisions.
 
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So the "in reality" would be DSP's father cheated on his mother. She then took a revenge sip of Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt and DSP congealed 9 months later? I wonder if he'll do a donation goal a for a DNA test? Seagal will do anything for money these days...
 
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Pargon said:
I'm pretty sure even from his own mouth the story is "saw AVGN and thought, 'me too'", and even if I'm misremembering him saying so it's obvious that's what it was given when he started and what his content was like. He fell face-first into a lucrative contract with Machinima and because he was getting paid Fuck You Money doing things a certain way he decided that was literally all he would have to do, exactly in that way, for the rest of his life while constantly making a shitzillion dollars.
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Ah but that means you are falling for another one of Phil's pitfalls, believing what he says.
TheKatIsNowGone said:
I have hours of gameplay footage that proves this wrong. Hell just watch him trying to use PSVR and you'll see a total lack of any planning.
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I didn't he always made a plan, I said he can. I also didn't say his plan worked. But the man moved across the country to avoid paying taxes, to get it wrong anyway.
 
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