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Originally Posted by cgilcreast
Corporations don't pay taxes, their customers pay them. Taxes are a cost of business and they are passed on. Taxes are reduced by deductions for capital expenditures.... ie expansion!
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So when I paid my city taxes which covered police, roads, snow removal, city employees, holiday decorations, local courts etc etc, were those services which only the citizens of the city utilized? Or should the corporations in that city also pay for police and all the other city services? Why should XYZ corp get the street plowed to their business if they pay no tax? Why should the police care if they are robbed if they pay no tax. Corporations use services just like people do. And corporations should pay. Why don't you argue they should get their water and electricity for free also, as they just pass on those costs in the cost for products?
The same principle applies to state and federal taxation. Corporations utilize all the same services as individuals.