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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by goto11 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:35PM (#25931121)
It is pretty simple that businesses have to pay more taxes than non-profits. Unethical businesses mususing this for tax evasion force legislation to create more complex laws to prevent such tricks.
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:58PM (#25931433)
>It is pretty simple that businesses have to pay more taxes than non-profits.

The simple thing would be to have every organization have the same tax rules, and then all tricks are prevented.

Once you start getting into what is and isn't for profit, and what is and isn't charity, is when things become complicated. Should megachurches where the leader flies in a private plane be taxed differently than a business? Should Scientologists get a tax break?

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