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I’ll remind every person here that you are taxed on your revenue, not your profit. It’s worth thinking about because it’s not always been the case in the past that companies had more rights than individuals.

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That's actually not the case - expenses related to earning your income are usually (with a few notable exceptions) deductible. Also, capital gains are a real thing, and you are taxed on realized gains - not the full amount you sold for.

If you're employed in the UK there's very little you can deduct - mostly it's salary sacrifice arrangements like pension, childcare vouchers etc. The only real deductible I can think of at the moment is mileage allowance, and since very few people do anything but commute to and from their place of work, they can't claim that. It's only if you're a salesperson or area manager driving your own car.

If you're self employed however the picture is a little different.

You propose taxing a company on their revenue and also taxing individuals when they realize their capital gains?

Such a high level of double taxation would kill all investment in this country overnight

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