An IQ test for all Americans

@Reason10 No, you said "governments don't pay taxes", which is clearly incorrect. If you meant income taxes, why did you not say so?

Do you know of any corporation that pays income tax? Of course not, because income tax is levied only on individuals.

@SunshineGirl Corporate income tax is absolutely a thing. The main issue with it is that many of the most profitable corporations use creative accounting and in fact do not pay corporate income tax. Courtesy of https://www.taxnotes.com/opinions/which-corporations-pay-most-federal-income-tax/2023/11/02/7hj31 here is a partial chart of the companies that paid the most over three years. The numbers are an average for the three years, not the grand total.

@SparkleLeaf Well that is why we normally refer to it as corporation tax, which is generally (and inexplicably) levied at a much lower marginal rate than that paid by individuals on their personal income.

There is not much point in a government department paying corporation tax on its regular income as this is derived from tax in the first place and can in no way be described as profit. They do however pay property taxes, sales and transaction taxes, and employment taxes, just like everyone else.

@Reason10 Nice deflection shot..😷