# Curious how a robot-only business would work under current tax law

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-how-a-robot-only-business-would-work-under-current-tax-law/796922 "2017-09-21T23:16:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-how-a-robot-only-business-would-work-under-current-tax-law/796922/41 "2017-09-24T06:50:33Z")

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> [@Corry\_El](#):
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> The reasons for various dividend policies are a lot more complicated than some feature of the US tax code not duplicated anywhere else.

That makes more sense. As much as any tax code makes sense.

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