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More on the Estate Tax

…probably much less so than proponents of repeal would have us believe. Any tax discourages what is taxed, so labor taxes discourage labor and taxes on capital income discourage savings….

IRS Budget: Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish

…on the declining level of Federal corporate profits taxes relative to pretax income. This ratio is less than the overall effective tax rate to the degree that companies pay foreign…