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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by geofft on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:39PM (#11585818)
If you want to work so hard that you can leave significant money for your employees, the government taxes that twice: once when it goes to the business, and once when it goes to the employees. Why are children different?
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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by ganeumann on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:03PM (#11585909)
Well, not in the US. The money paid to employees is tax-deductible to the business, so it's only taxed once (the employee pays taxes on the money paid to them, but the business doesn't.)
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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by themartorana on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:01PM (#11585897)
I am failing to see where - salaries are write-offs, and sales tax, which doesn't necessarily apply to all situations, are a tax on the buyer, not the recipient...

What am I missing?

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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by KZeillmann on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:13PM (#11585945)
Except that you can write off salaries.
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