Most folks think that businesses pay taxes.
They don't.
It is just another cost of doing business that is ADDED into the PRICE of their product.
The CUSTOMERS (you and me) 'pay' the taxes: the business merely COLLECTS them for the gummint.
“The statement is false because corporations do not pay, but instead collect taxes from customers for government benefit. Corporations, partnerships, and individual proprietorships of any size prepare a budget where taxes are a cost of doing business. The final budget document given to managers to work from ends with after tax profit. This is a critically important number, at least because dividends are paid from after tax profits.”