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税务合规风险 - 美国国税局已对纳税人虚假申报税收抵免的行为处以超过1.62亿美元的罚款[1] - 近年来，纳税人普遍因轻信社交媒体影响者和诈骗者传播的误导性税务建议而受罚，核实信息真实性至关重要[1] 常见税务误解与欺诈策略 - 海外零税收策略声称通过在不同国家（如迪拜）之间移动可合法避税，但美国公民必须申报在境外获得的收入，隐瞒收入可能构成逃税[3][4] - 对税收阶梯存在普遍误解，例如收入增加使税率从12%升至22%时，仅超出该阶梯门槛的收入部分按新税率征税，原有收入仍适用较低税率[4][5] - 不实业务抵扣策略试图将个人物品（如圣经、床垫、隐形眼镜、鞋子、个人午餐）包装成业务支出进行抵扣，但国税局要求抵扣必须是“普通且合理”的，并建议咨询税务专业人士[6][7] 税务信息传播渠道 - 税务专家通过YouTube等平台与税务律师讨论网络流传的可疑税务技巧的合法性[2]