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Plaintiff Trying to Reverse Noncompete Ban Is Trump's Tax Adviser
G. Brint Ryan has advised Trump on tax policy. His company is dedicated to liberating our clients from the burden of being overtaxed.BY DAVID DAYEN APRIL 24, 2024
A company owned by a Republican megadonor and tax adviser to Donald Trump has filed suit to block the Federal Trade Commissions noncompete rule, just hours after it was finalized.
Ryan LLC is a Dallas-based business tax firm known for aggressively working the tax code to lower payments for corporate clients, mostly in the states. The companys website describes its mission as liberating our clients from the burden of being overtaxed.
It specializes in reverse audits, finding taxes that they believe companies shouldnt owe, and pitching other companies on making the same claims, while asking for as much as 30 percent of the proceeds. Ryan has even sued its own clients if they decline to go after certain refunds.
A 2022 USA Today profile describes Ryan LLCs style as a combination of belligerence toward state tax officials and overwhelming them with refund claims. Officials in North Dakota complained internally that Ryan burdened and antagonized tax officials there, by throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks with little to no effort on their part to provide meaningful documentation.
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-04-24-noncompete-ban-ftc-trump-tax-adviser/
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Plaintiff Trying to Reverse Noncompete Ban Is Trump's Tax Adviser (Original Post)
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ck4829
(35,094 posts)1. And he's not considered a vexatious litigant, why?
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(175 posts)2. Great question.
Aristus
(66,474 posts)3. Non-compete requirements are such bullshit.
The same people who bloviate "Capitalism encourages competition!" do everything they can to ensure that they won't have any competition for their increasingly shitty goods and services.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,637 posts)4. Who is surprised by this?
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(175 posts)5. None of us should be surprised yet I can't help but be struck hard by his
urgency to go after anyone who is for equity. So I guess in that sense, I am never going to get used to these economic sociopaths.
When Biden wins again, a good measure of it is to keep the wolves at the door out.