The tax on robots: a solution of false advantages and real problems
Keywords:
Tax on robots, tax avoidance, taxation of robotsAbstract
Today we are at the center of the “hurricane” of the technological revolution, where every day the developments of automation technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence are increasing, which are changing very rapidly the social, cultural and economic paradigms. In an attempt to safeguard what they call a problem, it has been proposed in various parts of the globe the adoption of a tax on robots. That is, the idea of giving robots a treatment similar to that given to people is being given, which, in most proposals, implies the payment, by the company that uses them, of the tax associated with the income generated by the robots. Its advocates argue that increasing the cost of robots through taxes makes it possible to equate the cost of robots with human workers, which, on the one hand, guarantees the preservation of the latter’s jobs and, on the other hand, will generate additional revenue to support human workers.
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