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Haymarket, dividends are taxed twice. The tax is being paid by two separate entities. I imagine you would have a different outlook if your pension fund had to pay tax on its profits, and then you had to pay tax on them when you received them....for that would mean you would receive substantially less than you do.
Gift tax. Tax paid by the giver. Received by the giftee tax-free.
Inheritance tax. Paid by the estate. Received by the beneficiary tax-free.
Alimony. Deducted by the payer. Taxable to the receiver.
Salary. Deducted by the business. Taxable to the employee.
Health Insurance Premiums. Deducted by the business. Not taxed to the employee. Oops. (A pet peeve of mine, by the way.)
OEM businesses. No tax paid on purchases for the purpose of manufacturing. Tax collected when the manufactured item is sold.
And on and on and on.
Capital gains are treated as an anomoly. Taxed twice.
Maggie - it matters not to me if the same pile of money is taxed fifty times. As long as each time it changes hands from one entity to the other that is fine and good and there is no problem with it not no double taxation on the taxpayer.