ChrisFromIT t1_j7dthb9 wrote on February 6, 2023 at 1:34 AM

Reply to comment by I-need-ur-dick-pics in [OC] How Google makes money (its 2022 income statement visualized as a Sankey diagram) by IncomeStatementGuy

You are making a huge mistake on mixing up income vs revenue. The reason why businesses are taxed on income(profit) is because taxes on revenue could cause a business to go out of business and it really disincentives reinvesting profits into the company which leads to more employment either directly or indirectly.

DataMan62 t1_j7jfbv3 wrote on February 7, 2023 at 5:37 AM

Individuals should be able to write off expenses, too! My salary is revenue, not income!!! I have 0 income because I spend it all, just like a business tries to report on its tax return.