A Song of Fire and Taxes

Sunday night, millions of Game of Thrones fans who waited breathlessly for 20 months finally got rewarded with their next installment what's become the biggest TV show on the planet. Cersei discovered (redacted). Jon Snow learned that .... (sorry, no spoilers here). And that guy with the eye patch and flaming sword probably does great on Tinder. (Seriously, what fair maiden wouldn't swipe right on him?) Last week, we speculated about how taxes work in Game of Thrones and concluded there are two groups of winners, at least as far as taxes are concerned. The first are the governments collecting taxes from the show's creators, cast, and crew. The second are those collecting taxes from tourists visiting the show's spectacular filming locations, like Spain's Alcazar Palace or Gaztelugatxe. (Remarkably, not a typo.) But there's another important lesson worth spending a second week on. (If you're not a fan, don't worry, we're not turning this into the Westerosi Weekly Tax Journal.)

Last week, we speculated about how taxes work in Game of Thrones and concluded there are two groups of winners, at least as far as taxes are concerned. The first are the governments collecting taxes from the show's creators, cast, and crew. The second are those collecting taxes from tourists visiting the show's spectacular filming locations, like Spain's Alcazar Palace or Gaztelugatxe. (Remarkably, not a typo.) But there's another important lesson worth spending a second week on. (If you're not a fan, don't worry, we're not turning this into the Westerosi Weekly Tax Journal.)

But what we can give you is an ever-expanding menu of concepts and strategies to slow or stop the White Walkers of unnecessary taxes. If you want to pay the legal minimum, you need someone who speaks "taxes" as fluently as Danaerys's translator Missandrei, who can say "loophole" in 19 different languages. Are you selling a business and looking at a seven-figure tax bill? We've got the dragonglass for that. Looking to maximize your real estate depreciation deductions? We've got your Valyrian steel. So when you're done watching Thrones, call us to put our wildfire to work!