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If everyone who is an employee of the company must pay taxes on their income anyways, then what's the point of taxing companies themselves - so they can be taxe
by equalunique 8y ago
If everyone who is an employee of the company must pay taxes on their income anyways, then what's the point of taxing companies themselves - so they can be taxed for the company income on top of the taxes already paid on operating costs on top of more taxes for employee salary? What rationale is there besides wanting to give the government more revenue? Shareholders might have gained a lot, but whatever they make on their investment gets taxed anyway, so what's the big deal?
- mbar84 8y agoThe point is to get as much money as possible duh. The fact is, a company is a fiction and the idea that you can tax a fiction is just...fiction. But if the state didn't do it, then one or all of the following might notice that in reality they are paying quite more taxes than is actually leaving their account: employees, investors/owners/shareholders, suppliers.