Well when you give out salary or bonuses (or even a dividend) taxes are paid twice (once by company, once by employee/investor). By playing stock tricks (buyi

Well when you give out salary or bonuses (or even a dividend) taxes are paid twice (once by company, once by employee/investor). By playing stock tricks (buying back shares, non voting shares) the company never pays taxes, just the employee/investor. That's probably not the whole story, but part of it I think.