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by 1123581321 3904 days ago
That would cause an immense consolidation as the 1% would be applied to the revenue of every country in a manufacturing/logistics chain and add up to a sizeable percentage of the final cost. More companies would take the Apple route and do as much as possible so that there would be fewer 'revenues' to tax per good made/service provided. Perhaps that is your goal.
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Goal would be to remove middle man and shell companies. When you look at the product offered by lets say Samsung, how many companies such a product would go after removing middle man, 5? Mine -> Parts Manufacturing -> Producer -> Distributor/Licensor -> Sales Point (Mine -> Some small manufacturer making simple parts -> Foxconn -> Samsung -> Shop in Vancouver). Thats 5% tax on whole product that will not have added sales tax anymore. Thats low, probably would lower the price of product by huge. And there is no tax credits etc so no place to exploit. As simple as that, so companies can focus on what is important, especially growing ones.