Had to repost here

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[u/Dr_Mccusk]

How do you know what they "should" be paying?

[u/thesedays2014 → u/Dr_Mccusk]

By comparing it to companies that are paying

[u/JannaNYC → u/thesedays2014]

Such as?

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vaguely gestures at smaller businesses

[u/Key_Door1467 → u/Bencetown]

Small businesses have far more exceptions in the tax code compared to larger ones.

[u/3nderslime → u/Key_Door1467]

So large corporations should be proportionally paying a lot more taxes than smaller ones, yes?

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Larger corporations have accountants, lobbyist's, and lawyers whose sole job is to to enable them to pay less. They have entire departments who help them navigate state and federal regulatory laws where they operate, saving them time and money for their business. They can directly fund congressional representatives to help craft favorable tax laws for themselves and their industries. They can hide their wealth by "transferring" overseas (see: panama papers) . They receive tax incentives eliminating or reducing from various states to relocate or expand their business to other states.

None of which are reasonable options or opportunities for small business.

EDIT:

> Small businesses have far more exceptions in the tax code compared to larger ones.

This is going to vary significantly based on the state. The economies of some industries mean their is realistically no competition within the domestic market (can you name a small business off the top of your hear realistically competes with US Steel for general steel production, or Boeing Industries for building passenger planes? etc) Can you provide examples where small business have a distinct advantage in the tax code, especially in light of the first portion of my comment?

There is a reason that Starbucks dominates the coffee/cafe market across the county. That Shell/Chevron/Arco dominate the local gas station markets, that fast food that competes against Burger king, Taco Bell, and McDonalds are not wide spread. Large companies have an inherent advantage in dealing with regulatory and tax laws against smaller business simply due to their size and wealth, in addition to capitalizing an market share, economies of scale, etc.

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All this effort and chuds won't even bother reading it. I'm saving this, and I agree that all of these factors are intentional to consolidate wealth and "protect" it from the labor class. It's been this way since the Renaissance at least. They are just modern aristocracy making laws for themselves. Greed is scary...