You are conflating corporate income tax on profits with all of the other taxes businesses pay. Those get passed through as cost of doing business and ultimately

You are conflating corporate income tax on profits with all of the other taxes businesses pay. Those get passed through as cost of doing business and ultimately into the cost of goods sold. Regarding profit, you are also missing the point of profit objectives, which get tacked onto the cost of goods sold, because taxes aren't a surprise to businesses..