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by adolph 997 days ago
> It's insanely smart to reward business travelers personally based on how much their company spends.

I wonder how long it will take the IRS to catch on and see this as a taxable benefit. It's like if significant business spending was done on Discover cards that paid its signer personally. Since it's been going on for years, maybe there is an exception written in law?

Speaking of taxes, the guy who bought a billion yogurt cups to earn trillions of miles donated the yogurt and received a tax benefit:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pudding-on-the-ritz/