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stock buyback tax

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Stock Buyback Excise Taxes: What We Know And Don’t Know

Companies now spend more than a $1 trillion annually to repurchase their stock, in lieu of paying higher dividends to their shareholders, or investing more...
March 10, 2023Steven M. RosenthalThomas Brosy
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

New Buyback Excise Tax Snares Foreign Investors

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) approved by Congress last week included a new 1 percent stock buyback excise tax on US publicly traded corporations. Many...
August 16, 2022Steven M. Rosenthal
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Ignore the Debate Over Whether the Inflation Reduction Act Raises Taxes on Those Making $400,000 Or Less

As Congress is about to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, Washington is once again having a breathless debate over very little. This one is about...
August 12, 2022Howard Gleckman