Originally Posted by
bluejuice
Did you bother reading any of the above posts? Seriously, if you had any understanding of how accounting and taxation works, you would understand how ridiculous you sound right now.
Please do yourself a favor and read:
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html
Then google "tax equalization" and see what you get. For example, did you know that you can have an outside firm verify that Fedex and PWC calculations are correct? It's not quite the conspiracy you think it is.
Sorry to break it to you, but you are responsible for your U.S. taxes, just like everyone else.
And what you dont understand is we may not be as dumb as you think. I don't think it is a conspiracy but: my choices on the next bid are: NB FO MEM, WB FO MEM, maybe NB Capt CDG. All of them have advantages and will depend on senority %. But because of tax equalization I have no idea what my take home will be if I bid CDG. WB FO in mem could easily match the take home of NB Capt in CDG if I am forced into AMT. Show me something that looks like a tax return and I can figure it out.
I don't want to have an outside firm verify PWC's number 15 months into my tour. I want the numbers estimated before I bid. Google Pig in a Poke and maybe you can figure out what I am talking about.