Taxes are payments from the citizens of a country to the government. Those payments fund government projects and other expenses that serve the public interest. By definition the taxes are legislated and unavoidable. Failure to pay is punishable by law.
The purpose of this article is to give general definition of taxes and the different types of taxes from economic and investment point of view. It also illustrates the difference between employees and corporations when it comes to taxes. And last but not least, it tries to argue why being a business owner of a corporation is better than being an employee, from taxation point of view.
There are more and more people that quit their daytime job in order to work as self-employed, business owners or investors. There are many reasons for such a big step and one of them is the truth about those payments to the government. Our goal in this article is to help you open your eyes and see the huge potential and opportunities of owning a business or working as a self-employed.