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Incorporating Intangibles into TPC Effective Tax Rate Models

Thomas Brosy, Thornton Matheson
May 15, 2023
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Intangible assets, such as patents and research and development spending, represent an increasingly large fraction of investment in the economy. In this paper, we review the historic tax treatment of R&D and intangibles in the US and their economic significance. We update TPC effective tax rate models by incorporating the capitalization of R&D, the research and experimentation (R&E) tax credit, and the foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) deduction. We show how these policies impact effective average and marginal tax rates (EATRs and EMTRs) and shape investment incentives for intangibles.

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Business Taxes Tax rates (business) Federal Budget and Economy Federal budget
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