>Hummm, at least you qualified your statement, so your thinking a little >more about the concepts. If a corporation passes the tax, or tax >increases, on to the consumer, then what about the business that is not >incorporated, (eg a sole proprietor or partnership), where all income >and expenses are pass through the the individual who pays the tax on >income from his businesses on his form 1040. Are these personal taxes, >or personal tax increases also passed through to the consumer who >purchases good and services from the sole proprietor or partnership, and >if so isn't the individual passing such taxes, or tax increase, back to >himself? It kind of reminds me of the sprint commercial where the CEO >is taking to a junior executive about abusing the company phones:
First of all, as you should know, a corp is a separate entity and it's taxes are an expense. For the sole proprietor, the taxes he must pay are still factored into his cost of doing business. I know this is not the academic/government response, but it is the real world... something the academic/government community is too far removed from to understand. Larry Miller --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
