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Originally Posted by GrantMercury
How many people would pay taxes purely out of a sense of duty to their country? How far do you think that would take us?
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If people choose to pay that is great. You every every right to give them as much money as you want. The problem is, we don't have a choice and will be punished if we don't pay them.
But lets say that one day everyone decided not to pay anymore. Things would still get paid for via other methods just like they do in other countries (or states) with no or low tax, and private companies would take care of things as well.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Nobody paid income tax before the Congress decided to pass the 16th amendment.
Before that it was unconstitutional.
Abolish income tax, cut out the insane military spending, institute a national sales tax and our govt. would have plenty of money to do the things it's supposed to be doing...minus killing people worldwide with our military.
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
i think y'all are fucking with me.  which is cool.
but
Thailand individual income tax rates are progressive to 37%.
Taxable Income (Baht) Tax Rate Tax Amount Accumulated Tax
0 - 150,000 Exempt - -
150,001 - 500,000 10% 35,000 35,000
500,001 - 1,000,000 20% 100,000 135,000
1,000,001 - 4,000,000 30% 900,000 1,035,000
4,000,001 and over 37% |
I didn't said Thailand doesn't have taxes, I said hardly anyone pays them. And by "anyone" I mean the average citizen. They don't hunt you down and ruin your life here if you don't, so people choose not to pay. I've yet to meet a single Thai person who pays personal income taxes and I first started come here in the 90s. I know a few businessmen who pay taxes on their business, but the average person doesn't pay anything.