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SILOs –more action needed?

…“buy” the federal income tax depreciation deductions on municipal equipment. The municipalites couldn’t use the deductions, since municipalities are tax-exempt entities. The buying corporations were subject to US tax (usually,…

…race will be off again in a new cycle of tax shelters. And being in Michigan, I can’t leave out Ave Maria (hat tip to Paul Caron at Tax Prof)…

Greg Mankiw’s anti-tax arguments

…corporate taxes he only gets a 5.2% return–asserting that the corporation “pays a 35% corporate tax on its earnings”. He pays taxes on that income, so he claims his after-tax