Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by rubber_duck on Monday April 06, 2020 @06:20AM
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Tax incentives are created to stimulate one behaviour, so using them is good - but abusing those tax incentives - avoiding the behaviour they were supposed to stimulate but avoiding taxes is the immoral part. I'm seeing a decent amount of this with the recent crisis tax reliefs
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Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by listenallyall on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:02PM
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>> using them (tax incentives) is good
that's a 180 from your initial comment
>> Avoiding the behaviour they were supposed to stimulate but avoiding taxes
I very clearly stated that I was talking about legal means. If a company claims a tax deduction for an action it did not actually perform, that would be illegal.
>> recent crisis tax reliefs
I can't speak to non-US policy, but in the US, the recent stimulus is not a tax relief bill, and thus inapplicable (though I will agree there is likely to be a lot of fraud).