Turkish Fortune Tellers Find Their Future Includes Tax Audits
(www.bloomberg.com)
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Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry is using artificial intelligence to track down money earned by psychics and fortune tellers as part of a broader drive to combat the informal economy and boost tax revenue.
The ministry has turned its attention to the rapid growth of online services such as astrology, spiritualism, star charting, magic, meditation, and numerology — many of which operate without clear regulation.
According to state-run Anadolu Agency, AI technologies have been engaged to track digital footprints across multiple platforms, including social media, online payment systems, and messaging services such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
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That’s a bomb headline 😂
Thought I was in !andfinally@feddit.uk at first!
Surely this is an honest attempt to pay for social services in Turkey. It couldn’t possibly be an attack on the already poor and marginalized. \s \s \s
Bloomberg thinks it’s hilarous ofc. That’s the capitalist media that fuels fascism.
Taxes keep schools and hospitals running and unless special tax is applied to fortune tellers I don’t see anything wrong with taxing them same way as everyone else.