Reason we pay taxes and why we should

[Kapee]

At times, I wonder why most people will like to be forced before they make justice to the payment of their tax. The good lightning we enjoy, better schooling, affordable drinking water, safe delivery of healthcare services to the sick at the hospital are all into existence through the taxes we pay to the government. Some people think those in authorities use the monies but I stand to tell that the monies are used to undertake developmental projects for the country as a whole

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[goaldigger]

We all should be paying taxes and not feel bad about it. Maybe we cannot notice it but everything the government build is paid using our taxes and its good to see that we help to build our own nation. Politicians just made it worst by corrupting it but that is just an isolated case. Free education, free hospitalization, what more can you ask for.

[jayar_cabaltera17]

The reason why we pay taxes is to help the government to run for the public purposes. And of course to sustain the government for public services and for the building of the infrastructure for the future and of course the reason why we pay taxes is for the benefits also of the people live in the country the government do their job to protect the people using the taxes payed by the individual if taxes extinct the government definitely see will collapse the role of paying taxes is to maintain the peace and order of every people in return of paying taxes.

[bitgolden]

We all should be paying taxes and not feel bad about it. Maybe we cannot notice it but everything the government build is paid using our taxes and its good to see that we help to build our own nation. Politicians just made it worst by corrupting it but that is just an isolated case. Free education, free hospitalization, what more can you ask for.

This is actually one of the reasons why I really do not pay tax in my country anyway, although normal citizens are not usually being pursued as regards tax law, even though the law is generally there. However, in the case where you have to generate almost everything yourself, the government in position just there to do whatever they like and mess all things up, then I am pretty sure paying tax is more like showing how dumb I must be.

If all these things are in place, I honestly would not mind doing so. But, like most other countries, in my country also, the tax money is not being handled properly. Mos of the tax money is being wasted by politicians through various corruptions. When my all tax money will be used for building my country more stronger then I feel I will not go and hide from paying taxes on time.

[dirham99]

If you are walking on the road and enjoying a nice day at the nearby park it's all because someone paid their taxes.
Taxes helps a lot , I have seen people frowning over about how they don't want to pay any taxes and as such.
Government ensures that if you earn over a certain amount then for sure you can contribute in the making of your country. It's only if you are able to.
Taxes helps in :

    Paying the salary of government employees
    Making of roads
    Public schools
    Parks run by the government
    Maintenance fees
    Making government hospitals
    Making high schools ... The list is endless

We all use all these services at one part of the life or other therefore we can just consider it a little payment for that .
People frown how government is corrupt , it is but not entirely if it was then you woont see new projects coming up in your town or city.

It's just our responsibility to pay taxes, we shouldn't run from it because it will more or so be used for everyone out there in your country , you are indirectly helping others too through paying them , the less advantageous ones.

Also one might say government can print all the money they need , but that's not the case ..the more money a government prints the lower the value of their currency gets which genrally have adverse effects in many sectors.

In crypto currency, most people do not pay taxes and even many governments do not have proper taxes on their taxes. the use of which is why the government is trying to ban the use because if it continues for a while it will cause an economic disaster in the country.
but as the color of a good country, I think we have to pay taxes because it's income for the country.

[Scavagers]

If you are walking on the road and enjoying a nice day at the nearby park it's all because someone paid their taxes.
Taxes helps a lot , I have seen people frowning over about how they don't want to pay any taxes and as such.
Government ensures that if you earn over a certain amount then for sure you can contribute in the making of your country. It's only if you are able to.
Taxes helps in :

    Paying the salary of government employees
    Making of roads
    Public schools
    Parks run by the government
    Maintenance fees
    Making government hospitals
    Making high schools ... The list is endless

We all use all these services at one part of the life or other therefore we can just consider it a little payment for that .
People frown how government is corrupt , it is but not entirely if it was then you woont see new projects coming up in your town or city.

It's just our responsibility to pay taxes, we shouldn't run from it because it will more or so be used for everyone out there in your country , you are indirectly helping others too through paying them , the less advantageous ones.

Also one might say government can print all the money they need , but that's not the case ..the more money a government prints the lower the value of their currency gets which genrally have adverse effects in many sectors.

I really do not know why other people are still clueless where their tax goes. Okay, I can't blame them if their government has no transparency on their projects. You should not evade paying tax because it hurts the economy. The only problem is that it depends on the government how they will use the funds and sometimes there are greedy politicians who will steal those funds for themselves. Tax is essential for running a country and sometimes hurts the people because money is not spent wisely.

[thetruth123123]

Your reasons are good, but in some countries these taxes are going in pocket of corruptical politics, so it has two sides

[Omega Weapon]

Taxation is theft. "But who will build the roads" argument is really old and dumb, people are not some stupid monkeys who can't figure out things if no one guides them, there's nothing that can not be done privately and through voluntary cooperation (which is the same as privately). Roads, military, science and so on - all of it can and is done privately around the world. Government is exactly why Bitcoin was invented - you can't trust people with power and believe that they will do as they've promised, and even well-meaning leaders do stupid mistakes that cost billions. Just like Bitcoin have decentralized economy, some day people will decentralize power to the point when every individual will be independent from others.

dude I hate how my government is running the country too but how come you think that way? If you'll be the president of the country (and assuming you're not corrupt) how would you run the country without any budget?

You think roads and military funds are the only ones your taxes go through? What do you think runs the home care for elders? Your health benefits?

Stop evading taxatiom as it could help you someday bruv.

Well, if you differ from his opinion you have all the right to do so, but where have you been? That opinion while not very common in other places is not that uncommon here, in fact if you read the comments and principles of the people that envisioned something like bitcoin many years before satoshi accomplished it you will see very similar opinions.

[_oh_no_stop_this_]

Some jurisdictions allow you to skip that hassle of paying tax

[Nboramir]

We pay taxes for security, infrastructure, transportation, and comfortably live. Today if we live in our countries peacefully with armies protecting us then we have to pay them taxes for their services. Of course these seem logical in today’s system. On the other hand we should question the system with all it’s rules and regulations, but these are other long discussions.

[Zct2002]

Formally if the governments discussed the rules of taxes of bitcoin I agreed because taxes is the big help of the country to maintain peaceful , build infrastructures or health.Money of peoples paying make it sure used it into a proper way.

I have not heard of countries that accept bitcoin as tax yet. You have to pay it at your own currency at the moment. Yes, you are right that taxes are used by government to pay for the salary of government employee that maintain peace and order, build hospitals and maintain it. The visible projects that we see that government is doing is the roads and infrastructure.

[Harrisonimo]

No disputing about the real reasons why tax is very necessary. But situations where the government are diverting the tax funds and also the roads and other social amenities are not working well, this invalidates the essence of the tax payments.

[BlackBeauty]

No disputing about the real reasons why tax is very necessary. But situations where the government are diverting the tax funds and also the roads and other social amenities are not working well, this invalidates the essence of the tax payments.

yes some country's government are not responsible as they should but pay taxes are important for country's development and that's why people should pay it because there are many social work in country, so government should enforce to those people who are rich and they can pay taxes because some time government enforce average people to pay taxes and that is not right because they cannot pay it so that is why bitcoin is the good way for them and they can easy their life, so after earning of a lot of bitcoin they will be a rich person and able to pay taxes.

[jayyen]

I do not see the reason why anyone should pay tax.This is because those in responsible positions are no more responsible. They do not handle our tax contributions like responsible leaders.They just steal our taxes in a professional way and cover their back so they get away with it.we are still left with so many things lacking in our communities.

[Saldom12]

Tax is a compulsory levy that people pay for the state and will be used for the benefit of the government and the general public. Taxes are important if the government needs to work so that if someone cheats while paying taxes, then he will be punished by legal action.

[Nakedbitcoin]

If you are walking on the road and enjoying a nice day at the nearby park it's all because someone paid their taxes.
Taxes helps a lot , I have seen people frowning over about how they don't want to pay any taxes and as such.
Government ensures that if you earn over a certain amount then for sure you can contribute in the making of your country. It's only if you are able to.
Taxes helps in :

    Paying the salary of government employees
    Making of roads
    Public schools
    Parks run by the government
    Maintenance fees
    Making government hospitals
    Making high schools ... The list is endless

We all use all these services at one part of the life or other therefore we can just consider it a little payment for that .
People frown how government is corrupt , it is but not entirely if it was then you woont see new projects coming up in your town or city.

It's just our responsibility to pay taxes, we shouldn't run from it because it will more or so be used for everyone out there in your country , you are indirectly helping others too through paying them , the less advantageous ones.

Also one might say government can print all the money they need , but that's not the case ..the more money a government prints the lower the value of their currency gets which genrally have adverse effects in many sectors.

Taxes are mandatory to all people who lives in that certain country, that all people should abide this law. Because this laws has amended that any one found failure to comply their contribution to the government by paying taxes will be charges a case and punishable by law.

[gambitcoin53]

taxing people is like a milking cow of the govt. we cannot say that taxes we paid goes directly to roads and other govt projects, roads are a necessity, even govt needs it, there are budget allocation for fixing roads, if people didn't pay their taxes doesn't mean we cannot use roads, that is childish mentality, if taxes directly goes to govt projects, then why they have to seek loan from international banks? we are not trying to avoid being taxed its just that the amount of tax is incredibly unfair. not pro-human not pro-poor.

[Janation]

if people didn't pay their taxes doesn't mean we cannot use roads, that is childish mentality

It is a mentality that you are only thinking. There are a lot of people that do not pay taxes, especially the young ones who just goes to school and still dependent on their parents yet they can walk on these roads and go on buildings that these taxes has built, and schools are one of them. There are also a lot of senior citizens that do not pay taxes though as some sites told, age does not matter on taxes, it is their income that matters.

[InKiTy38]

It is the responsibility of every worker and citizen when we live in our country to receive so many things that the state gives us. We have to pay taxes to fulfill our duties and responsibilities  so we should pay taxes

[Beparanf]

if people didn't pay their taxes doesn't mean we cannot use roads, that is childish mentality

It is a mentality that you are only thinking. There are a lot of people that do not pay taxes, especially the young ones who just goes to school and still dependent on their parents yet they can walk on these roads and go on buildings that these taxes has built, and schools are one of them. There are also a lot of senior citizens that do not pay taxes though as some sites told, age does not matter on taxes, it is their income that matters.

Senior citizens in my country didn't pay taxes they are one of the beneficiaries of the taxes people were paying for. As long as the government is working for peoples benefit then taxing will not be a problem as long its fairly counted.