From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:48 PM To: Vincenzo lozzo Subject: Re: Taxes not sure yet <=iv class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:36 AM wrote: That makes sense - do=you happen to be in town any day from today to Wednesday? Sen= from my (phone On 16/ago/2014, at 16:41, "jeffrey E." &=t;jeevacation@g=ail.com <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: wrote: taxes are variable friciton On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Vincenzo lozzo So quick question for you: are taxes a trick= Here's what I mean, I think (gut feeling - no proof) that there are pot=ntially a number of arbitrage/risk-free opportunities that are not tackled=by anybody because when you add in taxes you don't actually make money= Is 'hacking' taxes a strategy? It seems like all the academic texts=leave that part for the reader which makes me think there's something =here. Also I was reading a while ago that rentech was using a weird structure wit= Credit Suisse (iirc) where they were taxed on their profits as if i= was long-term capital gains instead of short-term. Sent from my (phone EFTA_R1_01768645 EFTA02587876