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I just had a revelation while reading my cellphone bill. There are 3 small fees under "Additional Sprint Charges" and the astrisked explanation: *"These charges are not taxes or government-imposed fees. They are charges Sprint elects to collect to pay governmental taxes and fees that are levied directly on Sprint, and to recover the administration costs of funding and complying with government regulation and programs."

So the government taxes Sprint, and Sprint passes along the costs to customers. I'm assuming all corporations figure in their own taxes to the price of whatever their selling. The logical conclusion then is that the end-consumer is paying all taxes for corporations since whatever you buy is going to have that corporation's tax liability rolled up in the cost.

In other words, corporations pay no taxes, or rather, we pay their taxes for them.

Since I've already paid my taxes (and was charged $20 for efiling), can I invoice my employer (or perhaps Sprint) for the amount of my own tax liabilities plus administrative costs?

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Originally posted by Darth Sponge
I just had a revelation while reading my cellphone bill. There are 3 small fees under "Additional Sprint Charges" and the astrisked explanation: *"These charges are not taxes or government-imposed fees. They are charges Sprint elects to collect to pay governmental taxes and fees that are levied directly on Sprint, and to recover the administration cos ...[text shortened]... r (or perhaps Sprint) for the amount of my own tax liabilities plus administrative costs?
Corporations is the devil!!! I dont want to pay my taxes anymore. Once again the little guy gets funked.

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Originally posted by Darth Sponge
I just had a revelation while reading my cellphone bill. There are 3 small fees under "Additional Sprint Charges" and the astrisked explanation: *"These charges are not taxes or government-imposed fees. They are charges Sprint elects to collect to pay governmental taxes and fees that are levied directly on Sprint, and to recover the administration cos ...[text shortened]... r (or perhaps Sprint) for the amount of my own tax liabilities plus administrative costs?
I'm assuming that, as these taxes are passed onto the consumer and the prices will be higher, that we are effectively paying tax on top of the tax passed onto us. Nice.

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Originally posted by Darth Sponge
I just had a revelation while reading my cellphone bill. There are 3 small fees under "Additional Sprint Charges" and the astrisked explanation: *"These charges are not taxes or government-imposed fees. They are charges Sprint elects to collect to pay governmental taxes and fees that are levied directly on Sprint, and to recover the administration cos ...[text shortened]... r (or perhaps Sprint) for the amount of my own tax liabilities plus administrative costs?
What a rip off!

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i'm a student. i don't pay taxes 🙂

more on topic-they are a company. you, the consumer, are their only method of income. of course you foot the bill for their taxes-who else would?!? you also pay for the rent on the building, the postage on the letter they went, their salaries etc...

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Where did you think corporations got the money to pay taxes from?

Not only do you pay their taxes, you build their offices, pay their employees and are even expected to pay for the coffee in their coffee machines.

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Originally posted by genius
i'm a student. i don't pay taxes 🙂
So you don't buy anything?

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An excellent post and oberservation.
Everyone pays taxes. The more you tax big business the more you pay for your burger. (the truck that drove it there, the farmers taxes,
gas taxes, taxes on the grain to feed the cow. ect.

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Ps i pay double in taxes compared to the regular guy.
My business pays about 43% of its profits in taxes.
Business the passes out divedends to the shareholders with the money that is left over. That money is again taxed at about 40%.
So I pay 83% of ever dollar I make to the government.
I would like to see the Bush tax break he gave on dividends which ended this scenario a few years back to continue.
Thanks.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
So you don't buy anything?
well-apart from VAT.

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Originally posted by genius
well-apart from VAT.
And the taxes corporations pass along to you. That was, after all, the subject of this thread.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
And the taxes corporations pass along to you. That was, after all, the subject of this thread.
well-i am only taxed on what i buy. 🙂

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Originally posted by Darth Sponge
I'm assuming all corporations figure in their own taxes to the price of whatever their selling. The logical conclusion then is that the end-consumer is paying all taxes for corporations since whatever you buy is going to have that corporation's tax liability rolled up in the cost.

In other words, corporations pay no taxes, or rather, we pay their t ...[text shortened]... loyer (or perhaps Sprint) for the amount of my own tax liabilities plus administrative costs?
Just ask your government for a refund on the $21,000 you've paid for your nuclear arsenal.

Of course businesses factor in direct tax (VAT and income tax) into the price of their product. They'd also factor in the other indirect taxes; building/water rates, etc.

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Originally posted by genius
i'm a student. i don't pay taxes 🙂

more on topic-they are a company. you, the consumer, are their only method of income. of course you foot the bill for their taxes-who else would?!? you also pay for the rent on the building, the postage on the letter they went, their salaries etc...
my only source of income is my salary from my employer. Can I pass along my taxes and extra costs to them? No, ofcourse not. I cannot adjust my earnings to match my costs and then add in profit for myself, but Corporations can continually advance prices in order to recoup any losses. We call it inflation because we think of it terms of increasing prices, but it's actually a deterioration of our money's actual value. As inflation goes up, wages always lag behind (by years), ensuring that companies will always get all the money back and wage earners will always only break even.

but I have a jar of change, so my future is pretty secure.

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Originally posted by Darth Sponge
my only source of income is my salary from my employer. Can I pass along my taxes and extra costs to them? No, ofcourse not. I cannot adjust my earnings to match my costs and then add in profit for myself, but Corporations can continually advance prices in order to recoup any losses. We call it inflation because we think of it terms of increasing pr ...[text shortened]... s will always only break even.

but I have a jar of change, so my future is pretty secure.
Wages have been rising faster than inflation for many years now. So unless you are a pensioner you should be doing better.