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If taxes and morality have nothing to do with each other, then the answer is simple: Everybody should avoid paying taxes. But if we borrow a lesson from moral
by 1stop 11y ago
If taxes and morality have nothing to do with each other, then the answer is simple: Everybody should avoid paying taxes.
But if we borrow a lesson from moral philosophy just to help us with that thought – Descartes universality principle might help us: If everybody (corps, and individuals) avoided tax, would our system still work? Would it be a system that encourages growth (a requirement for capitalist enterprise)? Would our governments revenue system completely dissolve? Thus our governments completely dissolve? Is "Taxes aren't a moral issue" equivalent to "I want pure free market anarchy"?
Great business idea: Create a corporation that represents employees, with offices in every country. It then signs your employment contract, pays you in a 0 income tax territory and does all the same funny money games Apple et al do.
- gozur88 11y ago>If taxes and morality have nothing to do with each other, then the answer is simple: Everybody should avoid paying taxes. Everybody should avoid taxes as long as they stay withing the law, particularly corporations that have a fiduciary duty to do so. It's moral, usually, to follow the law. But companies like Apple are following the law. Apple already pays billions in tax, far more than it uses in services. Even by that argument Apple isn't doing anything immoral by avoiding more tax.