Ireland joins OECD International Tax agreement

Post by seoaeu » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 1:43 AM UTC

Geee wrote: post #68

foerbert wrote: post #50

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There's no way it's a genuine comment from somebody that has given the topic enough of a passing thought to actually comment on it. The sheer number of things everybody interacts with everyday that are very directly related to tax-funded government actions is immense, and very blatantly so. Yet they lead with "what have taxes ever done for anybody?" It's not a genuine or honest comment.

To me it seems like a honest criticism on the inefficiency of government allocation of tax payer's money. There's nothing wrong with voicing your opinions that way. I feel that people just don't like it if someone disagrees with "taxing the rich", and that's why it was flagged.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 1:44 AM UTC

dougmwne wrote: post #98

All these greyed out comments about international taxation of all things really tells you something about the current state of the HN userbase and increasing political polarization. We even managed some completely off-topic insults of Texas and Poland. Fine work fellas!

Post by p2t2p » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 1:45 AM UTC

ashtonkem wrote: post #78

BuyMyBitcoins wrote: post #65

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>” We’re becoming the Texas of Europe” In what way? A ton of businesses are moving to Texas for more favorable tax treatment, fewer regulations, and lower cost of living. Is that a happening with Poland, too?

You’re right, Poland is probably in worse position than Texas here. Texas at least has the promise of a federal system to reign in its more unpopular legislative instincts, Poland not so much.

Post by coryrc » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 1:47 AM UTC

adgjlsfhk1 wrote: post #45

busymom0 wrote: post #16

I have never understood the whole "tax the rich" idea and I am not rich, don't own a house or car or stocks or anything expensive. When and how will the taxes help you and me? The money just ends up going to a black hole for the government to spent inefficiently. And if you are in the US, the money gets spent on funding the military industrial complex for bombing more countries, regime changes, intelligence agencies,…

Here's a short list of things tax money funds: Roads Schools Healthcare (in civilized countries) Making sure companies selling medicine aren't killing people Making sure companies don't dump toxic waste into rivers and lakes Note that comparing Walmart vs the government is especially funny since most of Warlmart's expansion comes from the fact that it under-pays it's workers so much that the federal government has to…

Post by skybrian » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 1:50 AM UTC

jamestnz wrote: post #55

Brakenshire wrote: post #9

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Governments want to tax profits rather than revenues. A tax on revenues would kill a lot of high growth businesses.

>A tax on revenues would kill a lot of high growth businesses And also low-margin businesses. If you tax a business on its total sales rather than profits, a low-margin and high-volume operation cannot survive as easily. Example. A supermarket chain makes many sales, collecting average 5% margins on a sale. A seller of high-end automobiles moves fewer units, but can take a 15% margin. Assume both businesses make the…