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by flud 1709 days ago
Yup, that sounds like the perfect solution to the problem of companies not paying enough taxes
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Companies were never supposed to pay taxes on their profits, they were supposed pay dividends which are then taxed as income. The desire to tax that profit twice (or 3 times if you count consumption tax) is what creates this whole mess, because you fundamentally can’t force a company to make a profit.

The outcome of trying is a tax system that only applies to SME.

Corps don't pay taxes, their customers do in the form of higher prices.