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by kick_in_the_dor 724 days ago
Counterargument: At the end of the day, the ones reaping corporate profits are themselves people, who should be paying their income taxes, no?
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and do they? if your money is in a tax haven, you don't pay income tax there. if your ghost company from the tax haven buys a private jet, you don't pay any tax on it. if you then rent it from yourself, you can call it a business expense, and deduct it from your company's profits. if you get a loan from yourself in the tax haven, that's also tax free.

where does the paying income tax come in? rich people are always, legally speaking, on the brink of bankruptcy, and can't afford to pay tax.

Or you can just move to a country with no/extremely low income taxes (well at least if you aren’t an US citizen..)
"non-domiciled for tax purposes" as some people call it.
As a us citizen that only works if you’re willing to risk a jail term
or you can afford the lawyers to set up the shell companies that own the shell companies that own your wealth on your behalf.
Again, if you’re willing to risk a jail term