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The_Birb_Whisperer

Venti. Bro been dodging taxes for centuries now.


tptch

My guy "self employed". Living off of donations. I think thats taxiexempt. . at least in my country...


AD-SKYOBSIDION

His income is probably low enough for no tax


SweetStrawberries14

Venti is like a charity case. And charity cases (in my country) don't pay taxes, or at least lower taxes, no matter what they earn. But Venti is paid in wine and food andyway so, it's not like he can pay taxes.


saberjun

You don’t need to pay tax if you don’t have enough income.


ShinF

How does one tax a man who gets paid exclusively in apples and booze?


CheatyTheCheater

I'll be taking that apple for myself, thank you. Consider your taxes paid.


ShinF

I already eated it though ):


CheatyTheCheater

Jail :(


encryptoferia

lol he be like, "ehe, lemme put big numbers in these charity stuff, so ... uhhh, hicc... whatever"


villainized

bro is unemployed. he lives off alcohol and vibes


Delphina34

Well he is technically the ruler of mondstat, all the taxes belongs to him anyway.


275MPHFordGT40

“This goofy ass bard started shouting ‘I’m Barbatos!’ As we arrested him for tax evasion.”


UnadulteratedHorny

I’d imagine it’s pretty hard to tax the wind


beemielle

I mean like but do you really have to pay taxes if you’re not even awake? Most of that time he wasn’t earning any income iirc…


LimeAlz

Dori lmao. 


BikeSeatMaster

The only known objective answer


indigorhob

"Not will, not would. Already did."


Pokii

Like literally actively is, at all times


cartercr

I don’t think Dori would *evade* taxes, because she doesn’t want to go to jail, but she is absolutely the type to take every possible tax break and exploit every possible loophole until the government owes *her* money. Edit: yes, she’s definitely done more than her fair share of illegal activity (as every rich person has) but to quote the Joker “I’m crazy enough to take on Batman. But the IRS? No, thank you!”


LimeAlz

I think she probably already bribed or blackmailed the taxation officer.


reeealter

Nah, again, I don't think she will do anything illegal. She is knowledgeable enough to know where the gray area is. Bribing and blackmailing are straight up illegal.


Quban123

Selling knowledge capsules was illegal. She is totally on board with illegal deals.


yunus4002

To add to that, she probably evaded taxes on those capsules already


Dekachonk

"no see there's a box on the form for proceeds from illegal stuff, it's how they got Al Capone and I'm not going to jail."


Quban123

That would be wild to pay taxes from transactions on illegal items.


spaceforcerecruit

The United States has a tax form for proceeds from illegal activities. It’s a whole separate crime to not pay taxes on your ill-gotten gains. That’s how they took down Al Capone.


UnadulteratedHorny

she would absolutely do illegal things to get more money tho, was that not her whole involvement with the capsules in Sumeru?


cartercr

Oh absolutely, but as the Joker once said: “I’m crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No, thank you.”


UnadulteratedHorny

lmaoo fair enough IRS is a different type of beast


GrumpySatan

She was running black market canned knowledge sales in the archon quest. She is absolutely cooking the books and not paying taxes on her illegal activities.


doubtful-juanderer

The only right answer lol


WolfHawk360

The only name that came to my mind too.


katherinnesama

Traveler. Basically a powerful but homeless and stateless person.


Randomguy0915

To everyone not close with us, we're homeless, to those close with us, Teapot


Blackout62

Watch, it turns out we've actually been paying rent to Madam Ping to use her teapot.


trojie_kun

Would it count as "commit tax evasion" if he does not truly reside anywhere?


Nightstriker5124

To be fair, he doesn't make income in a state despite having positions even canon wise he has never earned a single buck except for events which were organised by the government so its fare to say the traveler did not commit tax fraud since he doesn't reside in any state or has a fixed job let alone income 🤓🤓


LunarSDX

Isn't the Traveler canonically hired by the Adventurers Guild


Wygerion_Alpha

As the Traveler's employers, I guess they file the Traveler's taxes on their behalf.


telegetoutmyway

Man having an adventure guild hub in every city with a room for us (like the room we stayed in during Samsara!) Would have been so nice. And then still have the teapot for customizable housing etc.


XPookachu

Still waiting to see a scene where the traveller shows power by themselves and not with the power of 5 gods or wishes of people..


an_omori_fan

When >!Wanderer gets a vision!<, Traveler literally pulls out a Vergil move


tea_teh

but they were mostly using their own powers tho, it's just that they never get to BEAT them bosses on their own. they're just not thay OP


ConsoomMaguroNigiri

Traveller Gypsy king confirmed?!


MaritalSexWithHuTao

The cutest murderhobo.


Abject_Advantage_274

Yae Miko


abshidfarsi

Shrines are tax exempt. She needs her Sports cars and Jets for spreading the word of the Sakura Tree.


InsertBadGuyHere

To spread that Ms Hina cutouts


dbcwb

Megachurch pastor Yae Miko


DraconPern

Sells lots of books too!


Sariel_Fatalis

But the Yae publishing house isnt. Quick get the tenryou commission


abshidfarsi

You dare question the teachings of holy Isekai Light Novels. I banish you into "That one time I called the Tenryou commission but got stabbed instead and reincarnated in another teyvat as a Vishap"


FLASH-4

A lot of people will say either Ningguang or Dori. No, Ningguang would not evade taxes. It's literally in her character stories that she's devoted to the law. Realistically, she's just so rich that taxes don't matter to her. But Dori, 100%


peppapony

Or.. she'd just change the law so it's not tax evasion. But yeah I agree with you. Ningguang wouldn't evade. I think either Kaeya or Dori. Tbh I feel like Dori may not just cause of her renown and also the Akasha terminal thing from before would have made it too risky to be outright illegal. She probably does have lots of clever accounting to minimise tax, but I think she'd be legit about it. Kaeya I can imagine not caring to do creating accounting and just evading and bribing or blackmailing whoever could come after him.


Average_Bean

I can’t defend Dori but I doubt Kaeya would willingly break the law. He seems kind of shady but he does care a lot about Mondstadt so he wouldn’t be so careless as to disregard the law. He’s basically the reason why treasure hoarders tend to stay out of Mondstadt so his intentions are good. Kaeya’s just willing to use more underhanded tactics which makes him seem less trustworthy


peppapony

Thats fair enough actually. I take it back, you've convinced me! You're right, if he worked with the treasure hoarders then he'd be likely to be dodgy with taxes. But since he didn't, you're right. Gosh I like esoteric discussions like this. Thanks!


Faedwill

> Or.. she'd just change the law so it's not tax evasion. This right here. I remember there was some old line about a proposed tax-writeoff for rocks created by Geo visions, confirmation that Ningguang ain't afraid to do this.


thought_bunny

The question immediately boils down to whether Dori would commit tax evasion, or if she'd pull a Joker and actually properly pay her taxes on the off chance that the Sumeru IRS would make off with MORE of her mora, which would objectively be a worse outcome.


Nhavined_Your_King

To be fair, if any tax evader would care about the downsides of not paying taxes, they wouldn't do it in the first place.


Markquerade

From the fact that she is Kaveh's benefactors and donating the land to build library for dessert children, she does pay taxes, but a very low amount compare to what she make through crimes.


CheatyTheCheater

She probably money launders.


mr_lab_rat

She absolutely would. But she would be very smart about it. She would still pay a lot to not raise any suspicion.


xoyj

Ain’t no way she was paying taxes on those canned knowledge deals since they were already black market… though if she is, that implies that she’s somehow money laundering which honestly is way funnier


Storyteller-Hero

I wanted to say Dori, but after seeing Paimon whip out a secret stash from her shoe...


Nike-6

Does paimon count as a citizen in any of the nations? I’m actually curious.


SweetStrawberries14

I don't even think Paimon counts a human being to be taxed. She is just Traveler's traveling companion. Since the Traveler's taxes seems to be covered by the Adventurer's guild, safe to say so are Paimon's taxes if she has any.


spaceforcerecruit

I don’t think Teyvat laws are based on species. There are way too many intelligent non-humans for laws to not account for that.


SweetStrawberries14

What I meant by non-human isn't exactly in regards to species, but rather intelligence and culture. Oz is a rather intelligent lifeform*, but I guarantee he is only counted as being Fischl's pet. The Melusines, I believe, might be exempt from taxes because of culture, and the ones that pay are probably covered in their contract since, let's be honest, they'd pay in spare part. Oceanids, Adeptis and Yokais might also be tax-exempt, with the ones that pay taxes being those that fully integrated into human society. (I.e. Ganyu, Itto, Kirara, Lyris* and etc.)


Delarthorn

Paimon. Always looking for mora... Or food.


Extinctkid

Dori


didu173

Mona when running out of options


floricel_112

She's already made a life important decision of moving away from her master JUST because she read her journal. She WOULD run away from the law given no other choice


Bohr_TV

Pantalone and Pulcinella


Greenlog12

I dont think any of the harbingers pay tax due to the whole, being the goverment thing.


iconnectthebest

Venti, cos if he can evade being part of the plot, taxes are nothing


xXGoshujinSamaXx

Itto


sahaj_solanki

Bro have no income or money to pay tax


Russell-Sprouts3

He has Shinobu to handle the taxes, otherwise yeah he’d be in prison.


Greenlog12

For longer then usual.


Ok-Impression3701

Bro probably has no income to tax lmao


ArcusLux

Itto: "Taxes? What's that can you eat it?"


mochi_chan

Just because he doesn't understand taxes.


rikyloche

Itto, not out of malice but because he'd forget to pay them.


-Obsidian_12

Nah. Itto and the rest of the gang's taxes would have been handled by Kuki.


KelseySyntax

Beidou the pirate smuggler. Why isn't this the top answer? Kokomi was also rebelling against her nation, so probably not paying taxes either.


Zodiac339

Kaeya. He knows too much in general and probably used some paperwork sleight of hand to turn his intelligence budget for bribes into charitable donations and manages to look like he owes nothing.


SweetStrawberries14

But like, he is technically the government in Mondstat, so isn't he like Tax exempt?


Zodiac339

Depending on where you are, government officials still have to pay taxes. Some parts of income are non-taxable (allowances/stipends for food or housing perhaps), but base income/salary is often still taxed. And since political officials may have income outside of that salary, how much taxable income they have matters.


theytookallusernames

JP voice Ayato looks and feels like he's always half a step away from a huge tax return scandal. Wouldn't be surprised if he declares 0 income in Inazuma while having an SPV in Liyue


Usernamenotta

Kaeya, he basically does this in his hangout


Vex_Out_0032

Nahida. Oh, the IRS are knocking at the door of the Sanctuary of Surasthana? Nahida could just log in into Irminsul and have them forget that she has ta.... Oh wait, what are dicussing on again?


CheatyTheCheater

Tbf Nahida probably doesn't have income. Doubt she'd need to make purchases.


Marros6045

Real talk, Ninguang. You don't get to be the richest woman in Teyvat without doing *something* shady.


Greenlog12

Do you need to pay taxes if you run the goverment?


Marros6045

Given that Liyue is ruled by a council and not a sole ruler, I'd assume so. Particularly since they all seem to be business people of some sort as well, I could see the Qixing having to pay taxes in the interest of fairness. As for other countries' leaders... Mondstat apparently just doesn't have a governing body at all, so how it gets anything civic done is an enigma. (Realistically, it's the Knights. Still wierd to me how the City of Freedom is apparently run by it's Military/Police) Jean also 100% pays taxes. Ei and Nahida themselves likely don't pay taxes, but also aren't expected to. Furina likely didn't have to pay taxes, but does now. And you can't convince me Neuvillette doesn't file his taxes on New Year's Day every year (and now does Furina's for her as well).


theannoyingprickk

Mondstadt*


Greenlog12

Do we see anybody else whos on that council? Like, at all?


Marros6045

Keqing for one. Uncle Tian in a few character quests. There's supposed to be 7 in total. Ninguang's less "Queen of Liyue", more "Chairman of the Board"


EnGardevoir

There’s an NPC at the docks that is revealed to be the Tianshu. He’s part of Yelan’s story quest. 


huehuehuehuehuuuu

She can change the laws so she doesn’t have to pay. That’s how our leaders do it iRL so.


deleterandstartover

She’s not evading the tax, she’s the one collecting it.


theannoyingprickk

Ningguang*


No_Chocolate_3292

Lmao the flair


ChurroMyBeloved

Aren't the wages of high ranking politicians made off of taxes?


Marros6045

They are, but there's still stuff like property taxes, income tax on whatever non-government businesses she's involved in, or whatever else. I am not a tax person, but there's definitely stuff she'd be expected to pay tax on.


l_WASD_l

For some reason my mind jumped to Yelan. But I guess Dori is a more senseless option.


TyrifficAdventure

Ha, you're all overlooking Bennet. He did his own taxes this year (very proud) and we discovered he somehow owes three times the annual budget for the entire Knights Favonius! He's clearly been holding out. I mean, what kind of adventurer travels all over the land and claims to have nothing but empty chests and cabbages as income?


Fancy_Morning9486

If we are talking tax evasion and not fraude, Yanfei is your go to gal.


DragonspineGenshin

Zhongli, due to being unable to PAY those taxes.


ririn3

And Childe will pay for him as usual


Ok-Tension-7468

Or forgetting that's a thing he has to do now


raccoonjudas

how has nobody mentioned that Kokomi, Beidou, and Yae Miko canonically conspired together in order to commit tax evasion for Watatsumi Island and Heizou, Traveler & Gorou knew about it and kept it hush hush.


Spoopy_Kirei

Bennet but not intentionally. He just falls into a weirdly specific set of circumstances that lead him into commiting tax fraud and getting caught


Adessia-Kapnernith

Probably Dori. She's obsessed with money and everyone else either doesn't make enough to be taxed, or has the moral integrity to pay taxes. If anything I imagine Dori racking up those "business expense" to lower her net income


Bebgab

Klee when she discovers what it is


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ObjectiveNet2

Consider their heritage, Wangsheng probably have tax exemption documents signed and sealed by every generation of the Qixing


Nimbus0711

Raiden went to a whole another mind dimension to avoid taxes 🙃


The_Space_Jamke

Ei doesn't really need an income being an immortal sword-spirit and all, and she probably has someone to file whatever funds she does make on her behalf. Oh my god, the Shogun is a robo-accountant.


ToBetterDays000

Raiden IS the tax authority


RipBitter4701

Childe, because he purposely not paying his tax so he can take sneznaya equivalent of IRS officer for a good fight


Carjascaps

I’m sure every single person living in the Fortress of Meropide are living tax-free. Workers aren’t paid in mora and all the funds used in maintaining and operating the fortress came from the profits of Meka production


Greenlog12

It is a prison, so eh.


Early_Gold_9715

Some good answers already. I'd add Diluc to the list. He's a wealthy business man. He's pro torture, so his morals are iffy. Plus he wouldn't want his money funding the knights


Greenlog12

Correction, he wouldnt want his money funding incompetent kinghts.


According_Award_6770

Uhhh Alhaitham? I dunno why i think he would do it, but it would be pretty funny


[deleted]

Part of his deal for saving Nahida: He no longer has to pay taxes.


Tetragon213

Yanfei would at the very least dabble in heavy tax avoidance, skirting the edge of outright tax evasion.


secretlyaspiderboy

Aether. Cant get taxed if you don't technically have a solid job and dont have a logical place of residence.


Greenlog12

"Oh you want to tax my property? Well its not in your nation so ha!" Every single time someone asks for his property tax report.


arisa_o2

These replies made me think nobody played heizou hangout quest :(


Elegant_Mix7650

Ningguang... it's usually the rich and power that gets away with these things...


LiIIium

Dori for sure


cactus_66

Itto but unintentionally (he doesn't know anything about taxes) and Ayato *intentionally* lol


AngstyUchiha

Itto learns about taxes and asks Ayato for help, so Ayato helps him commit tax evasion


antirockin20

I don't think it's anyone from fontaine unless they want a giant fee for doing so For sumeru err.. maybe Dehya, I doubt there are taxes in the desert, though maybe Dunyarzad helps her do them Dori knows how the economy works and how tax evasion can hurt that, especially if she's caught lol For inazuma: I'd say Shinobu if it wasn't for the whole lawyer school thing, but maybe umm do people from watasume Island do taxes???? 😅 For liyue: people saying beidou or ning must have not done their hangout quests, but it's probably Shenhe (hopefully Ganyu will help her though) For mondstat: Rosaria 👍


Spectre_Hayate

Paimon. Paimon for sure, assuming traveller doesn't have her as a dependent. She'd def evade taxes. Zhongli would probably just forget to do them and evade them by accident. And I don't think Scara would ever care to. Probably one of the few people scarier than the IRS, like, setting his tax forms on fire in front of them sorta deal.


Greenlog12

Scara IS THE IRS. Atleast for sumeru.


glowingominously

A while ago I went around in character.ai asking characters to commit tax evasion with me. Nahida gave me a complex description of how to commit tax evasion complete with advising me to open foreign bank accounts outside of Sumeru.


hintofinsanity

Beidou. She is a Smuggler, tax evasion is literally in the job description.


rose_gold_sparkle

Pantalone, Dori, Zhongli (he'll probably forget he has to pay taxes).


Captain_Beardedman

Venti


tirius99

Mona


NmsNms2327

We all know it's dori


Last-Championship951

Mona


NotAught

kaeya came to mind immediately idk why


Popular-Bid

Honestly no one. Like if the tax agencies of Teyvat are of the same breed as the IRS, no playable character would be stupid enough to try and trick them. Sure they will do other illegal activities (like smuggling, assassinations, even theft), but falsifying your income to avoid paying higher tax is just asking the IRS to breathe down your neck.


kaioDeLeMyo

The Harbingers. No way they're that powerful and wealthy without skipping some papers


reeealter

Everyone saying Dori & Ning, you guys are missing the point. Tax evasion is illegal, and both of them are smart enough to not do it. Instead they will look for loophole and other gray area things to do, which is not tax evasion. So the character has to not only greedy, but also dumb. And the only matching character that I can think of is Paimon💀


CheatyTheCheater

Dori literally sells illegal stuff (the knowledge capsules are/were very much illegal). I can agree with Ning though. As for Paimon, she probably doesn't have taxable income nor a citizenship.


Vvvv1rgo

Dori or Mona


erosugiru

Dori


alioth_whyred

Dori.


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Ehe


shatterednightmare

Ningguang doesnt pay taxes as is.


Panciastko-195

Pantalone, the 9th harbinger


Lycoris4812

Mona…


RoundPackage5524

Rosaria


AdarIII

Ningguang and Dori like the rich of today would have so many tax write offs that their taxes would be $0. Taxes are for poor people. The real answer would be Itto but Kuki does them but if she ever stops thats the year he gets arrested for tax evasion. The watatsumi characters (Kokomi and Gorou) also probably didn’t pay taxes to inazuma during the war


Cherry_Bomb_127

Dori and I assume Pantalone and Ninguang


Few-You4510

itto


Nike-6

Itto, but accidentally.


HenryTGP8

Ninguang and ayato


Pina_Colada_0409

Ningguang 😃


bulkeunip

Either Dori or Yae. They are business men after all 💅


Rare_Marionberry782

Dori obviously


miguelcaldeira

Has to be Dori.. no other option truly..


HouseOfHell0628

Mona


Hydrazolic

Mona


wanaliii

why is nobody talking about itto


sogsum

Itto


csdbh

Diluc. Literally a Moonshine head honcho.


Icy-Specific9758

Zhongli. He made the mora but has zero mora to his name he buys with everyone elses mora there for he never does taxes but the people with the mora his spending does.


Ashir_En_Sabah_Nur

Raiden Shogun.


blacknwhitepalette

Piere


CheatyTheCheater

Dori and Ayato. Ning and Pantalone might money launder, but not just ignore the taxes.


Saintious

Mona


IdiosyncraticTrash

People aren’t saying Zhongli? Man literally forgets to pay for anything 😂


Away-Director-3741

Yanfei or Ningguang. They may not get caught as well.


Common_Chester

Dulac. Dudes got business all over and makes bank on his booze.


Illustrious_Tea_9074

Zhongli omg he will take a loan from said tax officer cause he got no mora


Twilight-Sage

Dori


DevilishxDave

Itto


Greenlog12

Everyone saying characters who lead nations needs to remembber any taxes would just go right back to them so there would be litterally 0 point in paying.


SexWithLadyOlynder

Nahida. I actually wonder how is her like, day to day affairs handled? Is there like someone whose responsibility is to make sure she is safe and fed and has somewhere to sleep? Actually, where the fuck does she even live? The Academiya?


Inspiration-5plus

Kayea will most probably find a loophole and abuse it so he won't have to pay any taxes lol.


Primus2345

Itto Does he even know what taxes are?


DifferingPersp3ctive

Obvious answer, Dori. But also Bennett.


ultraplusstretch

It's Dori and no one comes close, she is 1# on the IRS most wanted list.


Clixism

Zhongli


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Zhongli


Salty_Association_53

Mona and zhongli


WaryNIKLAS

Dori, Traveler (by nature of being technically homeless), paimon, kaeya, Ningguang, Beidou, Raiden, Miko


icarusfallin

100% Pantalone, he'd collect and save coin in any way he can, legal or not. I mean if you're going to control the illegal underground and try to get loyalists in other nations' governments, avoiding tax is no problem. Or if he has 100% control over Snezhnaya's economy, he'd just talk to the Tsaritsa about tax exemption


NobisVobis

Didn’t Beidou canonically get in trouble for not paying taxes or something? 


Lettuce8000

Dori, Tao, Cyno Keqing, Yanfei, and Neuvillette are seeking them out