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Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by JPKab on Friday April 25, 2025 @11:12AM (#43794407)
Can you explain the difference between taxing the corporation itself vs taxing the executives, board members, investors, and employees directly (something that already happens)?
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Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by TrinaryWorksToo on Friday April 25, 2025 @11:57AM (#43795041)
VAT vs Sales Tax is approximately the distinction is my guess.
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Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by BobaFloutist on Friday April 25, 2025 @04:23PM (#43798161)
If money stays in a corporation as equity, it doesn't do anything else. The economy relies on money moving around.

Additionally, we don't tax unrealized capital gains.

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Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by consumer451 on Friday April 25, 2025 @06:55PM (#43799260)
I really don't know where to begin answering this.

It is generally accepted that business profit is taxed. Meanwhile, there are entire industries and tax havens set up to help corporations and their executives avoid paying taxes.[0]

However, the crux of my comment was not about the vagaries of corporate taxation, it was simply about "AI alignment" being more about the creators, than the entire species.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Corporate_tax_avoidan...

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