tax the corporate cash mountains?

[SimonMac]

No, the way I see it any surplus cash in my LtdCo has already been taxed at least twice, once for VAT and once for CT any more and you start taking the piss.

[BrilloPad]

No.

Would you like to expand on that before you get called a cretin?

[DodgyAgent]

No.

Is that the extended version of your answer ?

[AtW]

Should the government tax the corporate tax mountains?

No.

[BrilloPad]

Japan's perverse message; just tax the corporate cash mountains even more – Telegraph Blogs

The Government's preferred approach is to reduce business taxation in the hope this might provide the incentive for business to invest, but instead the money just seems to get saved. In a classic liquidity trap, supply side reform such as cutting business taxation is ineffective. Alternative investment incentives have to be found. Taxing the surplus may be one of them.

Should the government tax the corporate tax mountains?