You pay the tax on your expenses even if you have zero income . I am not talking about the tax you charge on your product and collect on behalf of the governme

You pay the tax on your expenses even if you have zero income . I am not talking about the tax you charge on your product and collect on behalf of the government. I am talking about the tax you pay for stuff you consume as a company. While you may be able to offset some of the taxes you have paid already against what you collect from the customer like in Value Added Tax, you still pay those taxes on your consumption even if there are no customers.