Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more in taxes

Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by harryh on Thursday December 31, 2015 @01:04AM (#10816445)

If you eliminate corporate taxes then the shareholders of the corporation would make more money(1). You can then make up for the lost corporate tax revenue by taxing those shareholders more. It would be a simpler and more efficient system overall.

1. Probably also the employees would make more and the customers would pay less for products as well. This has to do with something called tax incidence.

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Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by newman314 on Thursday December 31, 2015 @04:01AM (#10816881)

Thanks. I'll have to read more about tax incidence.

But naively speaking, what's the incentive for a corporation to increase employee pay in this scenario rather than just maximize shareholder value?

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Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by harryh on Thursday December 31, 2015 @11:42AM (#10818329)

The same incentive they have to pay you anything more than the minimum wage: the market. If there is more profit in the system how that profit gets allocated (higher wages, lower costs to customers, shareholder value) depends on the relative leverage of the various parties involved.

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