I can't remember in which book Prachett mentions it (think it's one of the later ones) but Vetenari notes that the Guild of Accountants is so efficient in filing its taxes that they actually wind up recieving money from the city instead of the otherway around. I can sort of see marcone being that absolutely badass....
I bet he overpays by just enough every year to be believable, so that every time the Feds tried to get him on a tax offense, they ended up having to give money back to him while he smiled politely at them. It was a huge embarassment and they eventually gave up on auditing him altogether.
(He still overpays by just a little every year. Every year it's still plausibly deniable that he's doing it intentionally. But over several years the pattern becomes apparent and it's obvious he's doing on purpose just to taunt them about how untouchable he is.)
Harry, by contrast, is probably the bane of some poor accountant's life every April...
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(and Dresden getting strangely turned on by this)
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(Anonymous) 2011-02-26 04:46 am (UTC)(link)(He still overpays by just a little every year. Every year it's still plausibly deniable that he's doing it intentionally. But over several years the pattern becomes apparent and it's obvious he's doing on purpose just to taunt them about how untouchable he is.)
Harry, by contrast, is probably the bane of some poor accountant's life every April...
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