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Don't Just Pay Taxes

How Conscious Entrepreneurs Profit from Taxes

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Pub Date Jan 20 2026 | Archive Date Feb 01 2026


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You can profit from taxation!

Strategies to benefit businesses, individuals, and society

Don’t Just Pay Taxes advocates a complete shift in our thinking of tax as a liability or burden. Divakar Vijayasarathy uses historical perspective and contemporary examples to illuminate the purposes of taxation, focusing on how governments use tax policy to push people to behave in certain ways. This approach allows us to envision tax as an opportunity to profit. Entrepreneurs who grasp this concept get tax credits and other forbearance from regulators by aligning their business with a government’s needs. It works most prominently for major corporations engaged in international operations. But anywhere in the world, small companies, individuals, and society can benefit if they overcome their distrust of the tax collector and look for the possibilities of alignment. Vijayasarathy envisions a future, better world in which governments use the tax system to engage their people to contribute voluntarily to fund the public projects for which they have a passion. Until that future becomes a reality, this book shows how we can create our own opportunities to profit simply by asking the right questions of our tax advisors and the tax collectors. This novel concept is so thought provoking that it makes a book about taxation an exciting must-read.

You can profit from taxation!

Strategies to benefit businesses, individuals, and society

Don’t Just Pay Taxes advocates a complete shift in our thinking of tax as a liability or burden. Divakar...


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ISBN 9798887503943
PRICE $29.99 (USD)
PAGES 160

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The core value of the book lies in its ability to reframe taxes: instead of viewing tax purely as a cost, the author argues that it can be a lever for growth and profit — provided one works with the system rather than paying taxes blindly. This shift in mindset encourages entrepreneurs and businesses to rethink how they operate. The story of how the business began in an attic and eventually grew into a well-known global enterprise is particularly inspiring. Overall, the book does an excellent job of transforming the idea of taxation from a liability into a strategic asset, helping business owners reconsider their approach to tax, profit, and long-term growth.

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In an age where tax is no longer a subject confined to professionals but has entered everyday conversations and even political debates, this book offers a refreshing and much-needed shift in perspective. It challenges the long-held belief that tax is a complex matter best left to experts and instead presents it as an economic indicator that any informed person can understand and appreciate.

What sets this book apart is that it does not simply reiterate the familiar argument that paying tax is a civic duty for nation-building. Rather, it explores an alternative approach - one that encourages readers to view tax not as a burden or an adversary, but as an ally in shaping a better economic framework. For professionals, who often engage with tax through the narrow lenses of compliance, academia, or litigation, the ideas in this book offer a genuine breath of fresh air. It prompts us to pause, reflect, and rethink, and that moment of reflection itself is a meaningful achievement.

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