…taxes that act as penalties are excise taxes. There is considerable discussion about “sin taxes”–taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, and other commodities or behaviors that are disliked. If the person engages…

…lower corporate taxes, lower dividend rates, and/or change to a territorial tax system for U.S. corporations. See, e.g., Charting a Course for Tax Reform–Moving the U.S. Towards a Territorial Tax…

…reforms are a proportional income tax, a proportional consumption tax, a flat tax, a flat tax with transition relief, and a progressive variant of the flat tax called the ‘X…

…blog, we can write that as: % change in real GDP, t to t+1 = B0 + B1*tax rate, t + B2*tax rate squared, t Top marginal tax rates come…

…against the Obama administration because they want more tax cuts, they have missed the fact of substantial tax cuts under the Obama administration. See Michael Cooper, From Obama, the Tax…

…Worse yet, Mellon argued, high rates didn’t even raise money. By encouraging both legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion, they eroded the tax base and reduced overall revenue. Lower…

…Foundation describes itself: The mission of the Tax Foundation is to educate taxpayers about sound tax policy and the size of the tax burden borne by Americans at all levels…

…corporate tax avoidance, we should just cut corporate taxes way back or even eliminate the corporate tax altogether, since we’ll “obviously” never get sophisticated companies to pay more.This is wacky….

…Making Our Tax System—and Tax Season—More Burdensome Roosevelt Institute, Emily DiVito February 5, 2023 With tax season upon us, a bevy of taxpayers have taken to social media to decry their unexpectedly…

…pays no taxes on the trading profits until it sells the fund shares and then the reinsurer is taxed at a lower capital gains tax. The tax savings are passed…