Obviously you haven't even bothered to find out what the information you were linked to contained. Much of what you post is more of the old SQL nonsense of trying to claim wages will decrease - and they won't. They'll be getting both sides of their payroll taxes.
That's been pointed out to you time and again so why keep insisting otherwise?
Dear pigdog,
"Obviously you haven't even bothered to find out what the information you were linked to contained."
Obviously, you didn't notice that I wasn't "linked to" any information. I was responding, unasked, to Always Right's post, where he was giving the benefit of the doubt that some "embedded" savings could be achieved by not giving back the employer's side of payroll taxes.
I was merely pointing out that for folks who work for me, they'd wind up upside down if that were done. These actual workers pay actual tax rates for payroll and federal income taxes combined in the range of 14% - 15%, total.
"Much of what you post is more of the old SQL nonsense of trying to claim wages will decrease - and they won't."
Actually, I didn't claim that at all. I merely said that to at least attempt to keep MY staff whole after the change, it would be necessary to give them both sides of payroll taxes.
I also pointed out the effect that tax-free fringe benefits have on overall rates of payroll and federal income taxation have right now, under the existing system. These are actual real-world workers, with their actual gross income, tax-free benefits, actual payroll, actual withholding, not mythical people under a theoretical system.
"They'll be getting both sides of their payroll taxes."
Some have claimed that savings could be achieved and passed on by not paying employees the employer side of payroll taxes. Perhaps you've missed those posts by some NSRT advocates on these threads.
"That's been pointed out to you time and again so why keep insisting otherwise?"
As I said, some have claimed otherwise. As well, Always Right was showing that, even for the sake of argument, if one did NOT give both sides of payroll taxes to the employee, it STILL wouldn't get us to 22% price reductions. I was merely pointing out to Always Right that the premise he allowed for the sake of argument is one that cripples the whole scheme of the NSRT.
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