Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by Retric on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:53PM
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That’s not nessisarily true from the headline. It could be midsized companies paying the most tax, or midsized and small companies paying the same rate.
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Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by Consultant32452 on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:04PM
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It's interesting that your takeaway is that my totally made up hypothetical alternative headline might not be factually correct.
Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by Retric on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:17PM
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Actually, my first thought was that I got the same response from reading both headlines. It’s only after thinking a bit that I realized they had different meanings.
Though that’s just me, I think of the tax burden as a zero sum game. To get X revenue today from Y people it’s pure tradeoffs. Long term that’s slightly less true.
Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by skinnymuch on Sunday April 05, 2020 @05:00PM
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No. Initially I too thought your made up headline and the actual were essentially the same to me. But parent has a point.
They actually mean different things. Your headline wouldn’t mean Fortune 500/Inc 5000 etc companies pay the most. They aren’t the same.