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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by _acco on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:41AM (#44924401)
You think they don’t pay payroll tax, sales tax, or property tax?

Operating a business means consuming and producing things, which involves paying taxes.

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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by pavlov on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:44AM (#44924428)
Payroll tax is paid by the employees, not the company.

As for property tax, didn’t SpaceX move to its remote Texas location (“Starbase”) specifically to avoid taxes and regulations and to run its own company town.

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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by _acco on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:48AM (#44924478)
False, payroll taxes are split.

And Texas is famous for its property taxes.

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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by felix_n on Saturday August 16, 2025 @12:49PM (#44925042)
Also false, SS and Medicare taxes are split, but federal income tax is not, with the latter typically being higher.
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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by votepaunchy on Saturday August 16, 2025 @01:44PM (#44925462)
Most Americans pay more in payroll taxes than income tax:

https://taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/payroll-tax/

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Re:SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to... by itsdrewmiller on Saturday August 16, 2025 @06:37PM (#44927426)
Income tax is not payroll tax.
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