> People get plenty mad about sales taxes double taxing taxed income, too.
Yeah, and it's a dumb position to take. Like what, we can only apply one tax from one source to a given dollar bill's serial number after it leaves the fed, and after that point that dollar can never be taxed again? Otherwise, gasp, double taxation!
The company shouldn't pay payroll taxes, they charged sales taxes to get that income to pay the salaries. I shouldn't pay any income taxes, the company paid payroll taxes on the money that had sales taxes on it. I shouldn't pay sales taxes, I paid income taxes on the money that had already had payroll taxes that had already had sales taxes that had...
Suddenly nobody pays any taxes anywhere because somewhere up the chain someone else already paid taxes on that dollar!
Yeah, and it's a dumb position to take. Like what, we can only apply one tax from one source to a given dollar bill's serial number after it leaves the fed, and after that point that dollar can never be taxed again? Otherwise, gasp, double taxation!
The company shouldn't pay payroll taxes, they charged sales taxes to get that income to pay the salaries. I shouldn't pay any income taxes, the company paid payroll taxes on the money that had sales taxes on it. I shouldn't pay sales taxes, I paid income taxes on the money that had already had payroll taxes that had already had sales taxes that had...
Suddenly nobody pays any taxes anywhere because somewhere up the chain someone else already paid taxes on that dollar!