Taxes on companies are just indirect taxes on individuals anyway -- they're inevitably passed on to employees, shareholders or customers, though it's not obvious who ends up paying what proportion of the cost. Taxes on individuals are easier to target and easier to enforce, corporate taxes are a comparatively blunt instrument of questionable fairness. Wouldn't you say that the rich directors and executives will find a way to pay less than their share?
Treating companies them as autonomous, indivisible entities just plays into an "us vs. them" narrative, complete demagoguery. We should remember that everyone involved here is a person, and most of them aren't rich. When we take that into account it becomes clear why targeted taxes on salaries, on consumption and on capital gains might be a better option.
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Taxes on companies are just indirect taxes on individuals anyway -- they're inevitably passed on to employees, shareholders or customers, though it's not obvious who ends up paying what proportion of the cost. Taxes on individuals are easier to target and easier to enforce, corporate taxes are a comparatively blunt instrument of questionable fairness. Wouldn't you say that the rich directors and executives will find a way to pay less than their share?
Treating companies them as autonomous, indivisible entities just plays into an "us vs. them" narrative, complete demagoguery. We should remember that everyone involved here is a person, and most of them aren't rich. When we take that into account it becomes clear why targeted taxes on salaries, on consumption and on capital gains might be a better option.