corporate tax reform

Let The Dust Settle On The TCJA Before Judging Its Effectiveness

TPC’s Steve Rosenthal and American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Aparna Mathur recently debated the corporate tax provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...

February 24, 2020Aparna Mathur

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Foreigners Would Win Big from A Corporate Tax Cut

The Trump Administration and congressional Republican leaders (the Big Six) have proposed a $70 billion-a-year tax cut for foreign investors. It stems from the cut...

October 23, 2017Steven M. Rosenthal

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Yes, Congress Could Tax Business At 15 Percent In A Revenue-, Distributionally-, and Economically-Neutral Way.

The tax outline proposed by President Trump last April, built around a 15 percent business tax rate, has three deep flaws: It could add more...

August 22, 2017Howard Gleckman

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Could the EU’s Apple Tax Reboot Corporate Tax Reform in the US?

For years, corporate tax reform in the US has been dead in the water, in part because of deep disagreements within the American business community...

August 30, 2016Howard Gleckman

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An Interesting New Corporate Tax Reform Plan

In a rare bit of bipartisan consensus, lawmakers of both parties agree that the U.S. needs to fix its corporate tax system. Statutory rates are...

June 15, 2016Howard Gleckman

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Wishes, Dreams, and Bittersweet Denials

Be careful what you wish for. Businesses have backed an overhaul of the US tax code for quite some time, but their tune changes when it comes to corporate tax reform in other countries. The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project, or BEPS, is an effort by the Organization for Economic Cooperation

May 14, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Tax Struggles and Tax Sneaks

Senate Finance Committee Chair Hatch wants a tax reform bill in 2015. Tax Analysts reports that the Utah Republican aims to mark up a bill later this year. Speaking at Arent Fox, LLP, yesterday, Hatch chided the Obama administration for “lacking engagement” in tax reform. While he wants to overhaul

March 25, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Corporate Tax Reform: Some Agreement, But Is Agreement Enough?

The President’s plan for corporate tax reform: Incomplete. TPC’s Howard Gleckman explains that while Obama’s budget renewed his call for cutting corporate tax rates, he again failed to show how he’d pay for most of the effort. He's budgeted $141 billion for corporate tax reform over 10 years, but

February 5, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Is It a Business Man’s World?

Corporate tax reform: It wouldn’t affect all businesses. A cut in the corporate tax rate won’t benefit millions of unincorporated businesses, and those firms don’t think that’s fair. These include pass-throughs such as partnerships or S corporations that can range from small businesses like

January 14, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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The Senate Keeps Working...

Still on deck in the Senate: It is expected this week to renew dozens of expired tax breaks, including tax cuts for business research, wind power, and foreign profits. It’s worth remembering that if a $42 billion package like this gets passed every year , the federal deficit could grow by $800

December 16, 2014Renu Zaretsky