Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Corporate taxes

  • Corporate Tax Myths

    In the The Wall Street Journal today, John McKinnon and Scott Thurm revive the zombie of too-high corporate taxes causing businesses to flee offshore.

    www.policyshop.net

  • Companies Desperately Fleeing Super-Low US Tax Rates: Report

    Taxes: If you only read the Wall Street Journal, you might think they are the biggest problem in America right now. The WSJ, for example, has run two news stories in the past two days about companies straining against the bonds of outrageously high U.S ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Republicans Vow to Transform Obama's U.S. With Low Tax

    The platform reflects the influence of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, offering as the remedy for the nation's economic ills a familiar recipe of low taxes, light regulation, expanded oil drilling and free enterprise. It vows to reduce personal and ...

    www.sfgate.com

  • The Morning Ledger: Lower Taxes Lure More U.S. Firms Abroad

    Politicians have been paying plenty of lip service to cutting corporate taxes in the U.S., but some companies are voting with their feet.

    stream.marketwatch.com

  • Should Congress get rid of tax-exempt municipal bonds?

    And to get an equivalent return, she'd demand a 2.16 percent yield on her tax-exempt muni bond, thus raising borrowing costs for the issuer.

    www.csmonitor.com

  • 7 Biggest Tax Mistakes New Startups Make

    Learn the advantages and disadvantages of each before making this important choice. For example, owners of C corporations pay a corporate income tax as well as their individual taxes. Knowing the tax laws associated with each of the entities will help.

    www.forbes.com

  • US Firms Move Abroad to Cut Taxes

    Eaton's chief executive, Alexander Cutler, has been a vocal critic of the corporate tax code. "We have too high a domestic rate and we have a thoroughly uncompetitive international tax regime," Mr. Cutler said on CNBC in January.

    online.wsj.com

  • Philly Should Skip the Special Corporate Tax Breaks Rat Race

    I don't really agree with Stan Shapiro's argument that city tax breaks aimed at attracting companies should be withheld from firms who do leveraged buyouts, on political grounds.

    www.keystonepolitics.com

  • Paul's Alarm on Bailout Not Shown in Markets: Reality Check

    U.S. corporations face the highest statutory tax rate of any industrialized nation, 35 percent, rising to 39.2 percent including state and local taxes.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Smith, Lamontagne tout business tax cuts in gubernatorial pitches

    Republican gubernatorial candidates Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith both have plans for economic development and job creation - and tax cuts on businesses are a major part of their focus. Though they share the same exact policy goals - creating a ...

    www.seacoastonline.com

  • TABLE-US Q2 corporate profits rose 1.1 pct

    U.S. Q2 corporate profits -4.5 pct. NOTES: The department issued revisions to U.S. corporate profits through the first quarter of 2012 on July 27.

    www.reuters.com

  • Companies Evade Taxes By Moving Business Oversees

    One way for companies to not pay taxes in the U.S. is to move over sees. Despite a 2004 federal law that was made to put a stop to the practice, companies are still doing it.

    www.jobsnhire.com

  • Cut Taxes to Spur Growth: CEOs

    A majority of CEOs at publicly traded companies and owners of U.S. small businesses believes cutting business tax rates is the most effective way to create permanent jobs, according to a new survey.

    www.foxbusiness.com

  • US Companies Head Overseas Seeking Lower Taxes

    U.S. Companies Head Overseas Seeking Lower Taxes. More big U.S. companies are reincorporating abroad in search of lower corporate taxes. John McKinnon reports on Markets Hub. Photo: AP. Up Next ...

    live.wsj.com

  • The tax on captive profits: Penny wise and pound foolish

    The Knesset Finance Committee will convene next week to ratify a decision by the Finance Ministry on how to deal with so-called "captive profits.

    www.haaretz.com

  • Tax reform lessons from 1986

    No one expects Washington to agree on anything in an election year, but over the past several months, President Obama, Governor Romney and leaders in Congress have all come out in favor of the same thing: corporate tax reform. This policy will boost ...

    thehill.com

  • Industry Seeks Tax Fix

    All those ideas have their supporters in the business world, but manufacturers tend to see overhauling the tax code as a far bigger priority.

    online.wsj.com

  • Moving beyond "you didn't build that"

    Unfortunately, but expectedly, absent from the president's remarks were a discussion of his tax plan and its potential effects on small business. While Obama has largely avoided discussing his relationship with small business of late, the GOP nominee ...

    www.dailyiowan.com

  • Hoekstra talks with business owners on campaign stops in Frankenmuth ...

    At least one tax burden was lifted from the company's shoulders when Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation last year eliminating the Michigan Business Tax. The MBT was replaced with a 6 percent corporate income tax that exempts most small businesses.

    www.mlive.com

  • State lawmakers tie new tax to repeal of fire fee

    California legislators opposing the state's $150 fire prevention fee for rural homeowners received a compromise offer on Friday: support a corporate tax bill and the fire fee will be repealed. Senate Bill 1040, the bill that offers this compromise ...

    www.ramonasentinel.com

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