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Their target audiences are the people who will read the headline only, the people who get excited about their lump sum tax refund each year, the people who have
by jimmygrapes 5y ago
Their target audiences are the people who will read the headline only, the people who get excited about their lump sum tax refund each year, the people who have little idea what other taxes are levied on business operations, and people who have illogical and/or ideological gripes about capitalism in general. I really don't know why business journalists cater so much to some of these audiences, since the combined social repercussions of such misunderstandings can't possibly be beneficial to business on the long term.
- cheese_van 5y agoYes, US tax law compels and drives Tesla's behavior. We tax cigarettes, we tax beer - we tax bad behavior in the hope of positive outcomes. From that perspective, it would be considered bad behavior if a corporation does not utilize tax law to reduce tax burden. Now it may be that the definition of "good" corporate behavior is shifting, but until the changed definition is reflected in tax law, it makes no sense to criticize the corporation who is only behaving in the manner tax law provides.
- black_13 5y ago