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Generally, no. The key difference between personal and corporate tax in most countries is that personal tax is conceptually taxed first, after which you can spend what's left. But a corporation gets to spend first, after which taxes are levied on whatever remains.

Unlike you or I, if a company makes no profits, it pays no tax on its income.

The basic reason is because income is seen as distinct from profit. If personal income taxes were based on a profit-like model, you would require everyone in a country to keep double-entry books on every transaction they made. That is unlikely to be a very popular policy.

I am not an accountant, this is not financial advice.



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