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Professional Gamer, a Tax Write Off

All of us feel the wrath of Uncle Sam in our everyday lives. We pay taxes on everything from the food that we eat, the paper that we write on, the books that we read, and the music that we listen to. Americans will always look forward to paying taxes on everything and anything that they purchase. Thankfully, for those filling out tax forms at the end of the year, there are ways of getting your hard earned money back that you have spent on certain items. Something that a lot of people overlook when filling out taxes is the all-powerful "write-off," allowing you to receive money back on certain items, events, etc.

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Tempist5911d ago

I don't understand how playing games can be classified as a job.

I'll put it in this respect; would as many people be hard honest workers if we could get paid for jerkin' it in our homes?

Pornstar is a job that requires more skill than a gamer.

Yi-Long5911d ago

... but here in Holland it's pretty steep. (35% and over on income tax, and 20% on salestax...), so any help to get some money back is welocme...

GodsHand5911d ago (Edited 5911d ago )

OUCH!

Is that for singles or couples/dependents?

It's like 12% + State tax (not all states do state tax, Texas being one that dont) here in the US, sales tax varies by state. Texas is 8.25%.

Yi-Long5911d ago

Income-tax is for everyone with an income. So if you have a job and make money, more than 1/3rd of it goes straight to the goverment, and after that you will still pay salestax (20%) for pretty much everything you buy, plus fuel etc has a HUGE amount of taxes on it, and you will have to pay some small local taxes as well.
And when you die, the first one at your relatives' door will be the goverment who once again wants a share of whatever you left behind...

The Dutch goverment are criminals.

ambientFLIER5911d ago

Do you at least have free healthcare for those high taxes?

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum1d 6h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.