This is great: Geeks of Doom compares the economics of being Peter Parker and being Bruce Wayne:
The full thing – including how many years it would take both heroes to earn as much money as their movies have taken at the box office – can be seen here.
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October 25th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
I gotta call shenanigans on this. There is no way the Internal Revenue Code or the IRS would ever allow a taxpayer to deduct ALL of their charitable contributions from his income. Most likely there’s a cap on that deduction. Wayne ain’t getting out of paying his taxes that easily.
October 25th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
The HR Block site credited as the source on Geeks of Doom seem to have modified the graphic with a cap on Bruce Wayne’s charitable deductions: http://blogs.hrblock.com/2012/07/05/superhero-economics-bruce-wayne-vs-peter-parker-infographic/ So I guess that Means Bruce has to defer that CEO salary and opt for Cayman Islands accounts to avoid paying taxes?
October 25th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
H&R Block wasn’t aware of the basic % limits on charitable deductions? Not exactly a positive branding moment for a tax preparation firm. Wow.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#en_US_2011_publink1000229802
October 26th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Wow batman gives twice his income to charity! what a hell of a guy. I wonder how that works
October 26th, 2012 at 8:06 am
Horizon Labs probably pays way more than $50K.
October 27th, 2012 at 12:04 am
$0 vs. $17 million – not quite the punch it’s supposed to be when you actually look at it realistically, is it?
October 30th, 2012 at 11:04 am
$102M might be the annual income for Wayne Enterprises, but not Wayne himself. Even if that is his networth, it would not be taxable income as it is net worth and not actual income. (You aren’t taxed on money you’re worth. Not yet anyway.) His only taxable income would be his capital gains income (sale of stocks, a house, etc) and any WE salary that he received.