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Old Sep 15, 2022 | 1:51 am
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donasaur
 
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
Good point and I actually didn't think about that 😂

But I just went back and look at the tax forms and it says:
Nice, congrats

If that wasn't the case and you had to report the engagement bonus on your tax return without being able to deduct the fees, I think the effective MS plat AF would actually be higher than that of the vanilla/regular plat, because you would have to pay the $660 in fees as well as taxes on the $695 bonus.
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