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Re:New law lets you defer capital gains taxes by investing i... by mcny on Thursday October 18, 2018 @07:15PM (#18253153)
I have a (horrible) solution for that as well. Make the board criminally liable for the actions of employees, contractors, or other agents where such actions are a condition to the employment or contract.

Tax rates will probably need to go down and this is obviously just a thought experiment because no change is possible as we are too comfortable being hypocrites.

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Re:New law lets you defer capital gains taxes by investing i... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday October 18, 2018 @07:36PM (#18253254)
There is a much simpler solution for the vertical integration problem. If you buy something from another company which has already paid tax on it, you don't have to pay tax on it a second time. The resulting tax is called VAT.
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