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The Morality Of Tax Minimization

Most would agree it's illogical and irrational to pay more taxes than legally necessary.  Many Americans may also believe it's immoral given what their government does with their taxes.

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Questioning the morality of paying taxes is nothing new.  In 21st century America - it's becoming increasingly clear as we learn more and more how the government spends our tax dollars.

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To pay all taxes legally owed, but only those taxes which are legally necessary- and no more.

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What kind of a person then wants to pay the government more in taxes than they are legally required?

What kind of person are you?

No one supports all of the programs which the government funds. Or in the ratios as the government may allocate.

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So even taxpayers that may support many of the government programs, even they would be better served to only pay the legally minimum tax and then use the tax savings to then directly support the causes they believe are worthy and in the proportions they determine.

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Few Americans would ever knowingly directly financially support many - if not most - of the causes and activities which the federal government now funds. However by continuing to substantially pay more tax than legally necessary, they are complicit in providing indirect funding of programs and policies they would otherwise oppose. 

 

Using the government as a middle man doesn't absolve them of their responsibility.

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It's widely acknowledged and recognized that some of the wealthiest Americans often pay little to no tax. 

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Why are you?

 

Why would anyone unnecessarily give federal and state governments 20, 30, 40 or over 50% of their incomes, when they could only legally pay tax rates of 5% or less?

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Given all the good that could otherwise be accomplished by paying only the minimal legal tax, wouldn't it would be immoral, even sinful, to pay the federal government more than is absolutely necessary? What kind of good could you do?​​

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 "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

From a traditional Christian perspective, we believe most would agree that the moral position regarding taxes appears to be to use all means available to legally minimize taxes owed to the federal government.

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Why would any Christian want to give the government more money than required to fund projects they oppose?

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Rather than support the wicked ways of the federal government with the over payment of taxes, how many other people could they help, what other good could be accomplished if they only paid the legally minimum tax?​​

While most don't know they are overpaying their taxes, there are those that for some reason, choose to remain willfully ignorant.  Often being led astray by well meaning but misguided advisors. Not even the best advisors can know everything. Regardless of the cause, whether the tax advisors are ineffective, incompetent or corrupt, the net effect to the tax payer is the same.​

That if your current advisors  knew, surely they'd have told you already- wouldn't they?

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