The Role of the Corporate Tax
Existing corporate taxes distort many aspects of firm behavior. To the extent that the corporate tax rate is lower than personal tax rates, taxes favor corporate activity, and favor retaining earnings rather than paying earnings out to employees and investors. Multinationals can even avoid these taxes by shifting income into tax havens. Given the ease with which multinationals can evade tax, the existing income tax structure faces major pressures, as reflected in average statutory corporate tax rates halving in recent decades. The Element speculates on alternative tax structures that will avoid these problems.
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The Role of the Corporate Tax
Existing corporate taxes distort many aspects of firm behavior. To the extent that the corporate tax rate is lower than personal tax rates, taxes favor corporate activity, and favor retaining earnings rather than paying earnings out to employees and investors. Multinationals can even avoid these taxes by shifting income into tax havens. Given the ease with which multinationals can evade tax, the existing income tax structure faces major pressures, as reflected in average statutory corporate tax rates halving in recent decades. The Element speculates on alternative tax structures that will avoid these problems.
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The Role of the Corporate Tax

The Role of the Corporate Tax

by Roger Gordon, Sarada
The Role of the Corporate Tax

The Role of the Corporate Tax

by Roger Gordon, Sarada

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Overview

Existing corporate taxes distort many aspects of firm behavior. To the extent that the corporate tax rate is lower than personal tax rates, taxes favor corporate activity, and favor retaining earnings rather than paying earnings out to employees and investors. Multinationals can even avoid these taxes by shifting income into tax havens. Given the ease with which multinationals can evade tax, the existing income tax structure faces major pressures, as reflected in average statutory corporate tax rates halving in recent decades. The Element speculates on alternative tax structures that will avoid these problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108747998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 08/15/2019
Series: Elements in Public Economics
Pages: 75
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.20(d)

Table of Contents

1. Effects of taxes on corporate behavior; 2. Optimal corporate tax structure; 3. Possible alternatives; 4. Omissions from the theory; 5. Optimal tax policy given the presence of market failures; 6. Summary; Appendix A – dividends as a signal of longer-run cash flow.
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