Comment

enragedchowder@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It doesn’t make a difference which side you tax. If consumers are taxed then corporations will still feel it through reduced demand for their product. If corporations are taxed, consumers will still feel it through increased prices. The tax burden does not depend on who is taxed, but rather how elastic supply and demand are.

source

Sort:hotnew top

irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It sure makes a difference to the people buying it, that’s the point

source
- enragedchowder@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It literally doesn’t. The price is the same either way. Reduced demand from the higher tax makes it so producers will lower prices. This is really basic microeconomics.
  
  From Wikipedia: “tax burden does not depend on where the revenue is collected, but on the price elasticity of demand and price elasticity of supply”
  
  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_incidence
  
  source
  - irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Reduced demand from the higher tax makes it so producers will lower prices.
    
    I have never once seen this happen… i just see prices rise
    
    source
    enragedchowder@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Do you actually think that 100% a tax burden will always fall on consumers?
    
    source