Corporate Taxes

BBB and Equity

Update 569 — BBB and Equity:What the Tax Provisions Mean Six months ago, the Treasury Department released the Green Book detailing President Biden’s vision for a more equitable tax system, aimed at getting large firms and the very wealthy to pay their fair share. The key elements of this initiative are pending in Congress in the Build …

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Corporate Tax Reform

Update 538 — Corporate Tax Reform:ProPublica Analysis Applied to Firms ProPublica’s explosive report this month detailed nonpayment of federal taxes by high-profile, high-net worth figures such Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Michael Bloomberg. But the revenue loss from their nonpayment due to legal evasions is a drop in the bucket compared to the loss when …

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Revenue Solutions for 2020

Update 401 — Revenue Solutions for 2020;You CAMT Get Any from Firms Owing None In the 2017 fiscal year, FedEx owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes. The next year, it owed nothing.  “FedEx takes great pride in being a good corporate citizen — here and abroad — at all times.” Except April 15 perhaps.  …

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Tax Extenders Time is Here (December 11)

Update 318: Tax Extenders Time is Here; Perennial Policy Debate is Itself Debated No holiday season on the Hill is complete without a tax extenders bill to re-up the temporary tax breaks expiring that given year.  A policy perennial, the annual debate can be seen as a natural way to review and renew breaks not …

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What do Amazon and the GM Layoffs Portend? (November 27)

Update 314 — An Economy Shifting Gears: What do Amazon and the GM Layoffs Portend? Major tidal shifts and cross-currents underlying the changing American industrial landscape have been on full display in recent weeks.  Last month, Amazon announced it was going to base its second headquarters out of both New York and Virginia, promising to …

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GOP Double-Down Hair-Doo (Apr. 17)

Update 264 — GOP Double-Down Hair-Doo:
 Liked the Tax Cut?  How about a Perm? While today marks the last day Americans will file their taxes under the old tax code, a number of Americans have already seen their paychecks influenced by lower tax withholdings.  Republicans wasted little time celebrating the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act …

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