A Typical Job (2)

The company that created this typical job, employing Derek, has a gross annual income of £21,150,000 (including VAT). The biggest beneficiary of the work the company does is the government -- not the owners of the company, and not the employees. If things go well, the government takes almost 50% of the company's turnover in taxes of various kinds. But if things go badly and the business fails, the government loses nothing, while the investors lose all the money they put into the business.

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