November 10, 2014 Business In America Illustrated Scott Hodge Andrew Lundeen Kyle Pomerleau Alan Cole Scott Hodge, Andrew Lundeen, Kyle Pomerleau, Alan Cole Print this page Subscribe Support our work Download Business In America Illustrated (PDF) Americans often look at businesses impersonally. We think of them as lifeless entities that earn profits and don’t do much else. When we think of businesses this way, it becomes very easy to think that business taxes are somehow different than other taxes. But the reality is that businesses are simply groups of people; they are workers, consumers, and shareholders. This means that when we tax businesses, we actually tax people. Topics Center for Federal Tax Policy Business Taxes Corporate Income Taxes Individual Capital Gains and Dividends Taxes Individual Income and Payroll Taxes International Taxes