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Most countries' corporate tax rates range between 20 percent and 25 percent:
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NEW: Corporate tax rates around the world, 2020
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NEW: Corporate tax rates around the world, 2020 @ElkeAsen
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Corporate tax rates are trending down:
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Corporate tax rates are trending down:
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🌎 2021 International Tax Competitiveness Index
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Corporate tax rates have been declining in every region around the world over the past four decades as countries have recognized their negative impact on business investment: @ElkeAsen
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Corporate tax rates have been decreasing around the world over the past four decades as countries have recognized their negative impact on business investment. Rates between 20 percent and 25 percent are now most common: @ElkeAsen
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The worldwide average statutory corporate income tax rate, measured across 177 jurisdictions, is 23.85 percent. Europe has the lowest regional average rate at 19.99 percent, while Africa has the highest average rate at 28.50 percent: @ElkeAsen
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@mariashriver @AndrewYang The potential for easy administration, significant tax revenue, and few economic distortions make the VAT one of the most efficient forms of taxation:
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Corporate tax rates have been declining in every region around the world over the past four decades as countries have recognized their negative impact on business investment: @ElkeAsen
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Facing an unpopular new tax, voters in the 119-year-old village of Amelia, Ohio went to the polls and just… abolished their local government.
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Tariffs imposed so far by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: analysis @ericadyork
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel See more:
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Double taxation of corporate income can lead to such economic distortions as reduced savings and investment, a bias towards certain business forms, and debt financing over equity financing:
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Several OECD countries have integrated corporate and individual tax codes to eliminate or reduce the negative effects of double taxation on corporate income. To learn more, explore our new report:
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Under President Biden's tax plan, 13 states and D.C. would have a top combined capital gains tax rate at or above 50%: 56.7% CA 54.3% NY 54.2% NJ 53.3% OR 53.3% MN 52.4% DC 52.2% VT 50.7% HI 50.6% ME 50.4% CT 50.3% ID 50.2% NE 50.2% MT 50.0% DE (58.2% NYC) (57.3% Portland, OR)
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Biden’s tax plan would be the 5th largest tax increase since the 1940s and one of the largest tax increases not associated with wartime funding: #Debates2020
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The top 1% of taxpayers pay about 37% of federal income taxes, more than 12x the tax burden of the bottom half of taxpayers: @ericadyork
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2020 INTERNATIONAL TAX COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: 🇪🇪1 🇱🇻2 🇳🇿3 🇨🇭4 🇱🇺5 🇱🇹6 🇸🇪7 🇨🇿8 🇦🇺9 🇸🇰10 🇹🇷11 🇦🇹12 🇳🇴13 🇭🇺14 🇩🇪15 🇫🇮16 🇳🇱17 🇨🇦18 🇧🇪19 🇮🇪20 🇺🇸21 🇬🇧22 🇸🇮23 🇰🇷24 🇮🇱25 🇯🇵26 🇪🇸27 🇩🇰28 🇬🇷29 🇮🇸30 🇲🇽31 🇫🇷32 🇵🇹33 🇵🇱34 🇨🇱35 🇮🇹36 See more: @danieldbunn @ElkeAsen
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🌍 2022 International Tax Competitiveness Index
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Tariffs imposed so far by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: analysis
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2019 International Tax Competitiveness Index: 🇪🇪1 🇳🇿2 🇱🇻3 🇱🇹4 🇨🇭5 🇱🇺6 🇦🇺7 🇸🇪8 🇳🇱9 🇨🇿10 🇸🇰11 🇦🇹12 🇹🇷13 🇭🇺14 🇨🇦15 🇩🇪16 🇮🇪17 🇫🇮18 🇳🇴19 🇸🇮20 🇺🇸21 🇮🇸22 🇪🇸23 🇩🇰24 🇬🇧25 🇰🇷26 🇧🇪27 🇯🇵28 🇲🇽29 🇬🇷30 🇮🇱31 🇨🇱32 🇵🇹33 🇮🇹34 🇵🇱35 🇫🇷36 See more: @danieldbunn @ElkeAsen
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Least competitive tax codes in the OECD: 21. United States 22. United Kingdom 23. Slovenia 24. Korea 25. Israel 26. Japan 27. Spain 28. Denmark 29. Greece 30. Iceland 31. Mexico 32. France 33. Portugal 34. Poland 35. Chile 36. Italy
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Tariffs imposed so far by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades. @ericadyork
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel See more:
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Sources of government revenue in the OECD
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Most competitive tax codes in the OECD: 1. Estonia 2. Latvia 3. New Zealand 4. Switzerland 5. Luxembourg 6. Lithuania 7. Sweden 8. Czech Republic 9. Australia 10. Slovak Republic 11. Turkey 12. Austria 13. Norway 14. Hungary 15. Germany
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Wealth taxes in European countries have had disappointing results and many have been phased out. @danieldbunn
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Sweden is planning on cutting its corporate tax rate, which is already lower than the U.S. combined statutory rate of 25.77 percent: @ElkeAsen
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CELEBRATE A LARGE TAX REFUND! ⓘ 𝗔 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.
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Tax cuts pay for themselves. ⓘ 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲, 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹.
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Belgium, Germany, and Italy have the highest tax burden on labor in Europe:
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Implemented in 1991, Sweden’s carbon tax was one of the first in the world. The Swedish example, along with other carbon taxes around the world, provides several lessons.
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The government of Hartford County, Connecticut is in line to receive $173 million in local aid under the American Rescue Plan Act. There’s only one problem: the government of Hartford County doesn’t exist. @JaredWalczak
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@JohnJHarwood 80% of taxpayers had a net tax cut in 2018. Don't judge your taxes by your refund:
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How high are beer taxes in Europe?
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Federal tax collections are approaching an all-time high of 20.5 percent of GDP set in 1943 during World War II.
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President Biden's #MadeinAmerica Tax Plan would make the U.S. combined corporate tax rate the highest in the OECD: 🇺🇸 👈Biden plan 🇵🇹 🇨🇴 🇦🇺 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 🇳🇿 🇮🇹 🇰🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 👈Current law 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇱 🇪🇸 🇱🇺 🇬🇷 🇮🇱 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇹🇷 🇳🇱 🇨🇭 🇸🇰 🇸🇪 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇬🇧 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇱🇹 🇮🇪 🇭🇺 ⬇️
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According to our analysis, the Trump administration has so far imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products, which is equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: @ericadyork
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Jeff Bezos announced a move to Miami, and somewhere, a Washington state revenue official was probably moved to tears. Jeff Bezos’s Move Undercuts Proposed Washington State Wealth Tax: @JaredWalczak
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Studies have shown that tariffs result in lower income, reduced employment, and lower economic output. According to our analysis, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: @ericadyork
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President Biden's #AmericanJobsPlan looks to increase the federal corporate tax rate to 28%, which would raise the U.S. federal-state combined tax rate to 32.34%, higher than every country in the OECD, the G7, and all our major trade partners and competitors including China.
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Sen. Sanders often refers to tax systems in Scandinavian countries like Denmark and Sweden. But how do Scandinavian countries really pay for their government spending? [THREAD]
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President Biden could provide business and household relief by eliminating Trump tariffs: @ericadyork
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🚨 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE re: @AlanMCole
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Your #1 resource for carbon tax research.
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Tariffs imposed so far by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: analysis @ericadyork
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The structure of a country’s tax code is a determining factor of its economic performance. A well-structured tax code is easy for taxpayers to comply with and can promote economic development while raising sufficient revenue for a government’s priorities.
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Comparing Europe’s Tax Systems: Individual Taxes
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel Explore rankings and learn more:
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭Switzerland 5. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 6. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 7. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 8. 🇸🇪 Sweden 9. 🇦🇺 Australia 10. 🇳🇴 Norway
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Comparing tax systems in the OECD:
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The Trump administration has imposed $42 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products:
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Biden’s tax plan would yield combined top marginal state and local tax rates in excess of 60% in three states: 🔹 California (62.64%) 🔹 Hawaii (60.34%) 🔹 New Jersey (60.09%) Marginal rates would also exceed 60% in New York City (62.03%). @JaredWalczak
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❌ REJECTED #Illinois Fair Tax Amendment #ElectionNight
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📊 Sources of government revenue in the OECD
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ANALYSIS: The Trump administration has so far imposed nearly $70 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products:
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Real property taxes in Europe:
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Carbon taxes in Europe:
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California is considering a tax on text messages. Here's how much wireless consumers already pay in state and local taxes, fees, and surcharges: @jbhenchman #california #ca
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Other countries pay tariffs. ⓘ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀.
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Biden’s proposal to increase the corporate tax rate and tax long-term capital gains and qualified dividends at ordinary income tax rates would increase the top integrated tax rate on corporate income above pre-TCJA levels, making it the highest in the OECD
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Biden could provide business and household relief by eliminating Trump tariffs:
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Tariffs imposed so far by the Trump administration amount to a $88 billion tax increase, one of the largest in decades: analysis @ericadyork
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ANALYSIS: Sen. Warren & Sen. Sanders' #WealthTax would raise significantly less revenue than promised, face administrative and compliance challenges, and would double the trade deficit while increasing foreign ownership of US capital. @karlbykarlsmith
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2018 Int'l Tax Competitiveness Index: 🇪🇪1 🇱🇻2 🇳🇿3 🇱🇺4 🇳🇱5 🇨🇭6 🇸🇪7 🇦🇺8 🇨🇿9 🇦🇹10 🇸🇰11 🇹🇷12 🇭🇺13 🇫🇮14 🇳🇴15 🇩🇪16 🇰🇷17 🇨🇦18 🇧🇪19 🇮🇪20 🇩🇰21 🇸🇮22 🇬🇧23 🇺🇸24 🇮🇸25 🇯🇵26 🇪🇸27 🇲🇽28 🇬🇷29 🇮🇱30 🇨🇱31 🇵🇹32 🇵🇱33 🇮🇹34 🇫🇷35
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel
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📍 Tax Burden on Labor in Europe
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How does your country rank on our 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘹 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘹?
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🌍 2023 International Tax Competitiveness Index
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Where did Americans move last year? Highest proportion of INBOUND migration: - Vermont - Idaho - Oregon - Arizona - South Carolina Highest proportion of OUTBOUND migration: - New Jersey - Illinois - New York - Connecticut - Kansas See full rankings:
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ANALYSIS: a typical American family of four is paying over $850 more every year for the rising cost of goods as a result of tariffs imposed so far by the Trump Administration: @kpomerleau @washingtonpost @byHeatherLong @damianpaletta @davidjlynch
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel See more:
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The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2. 🇱🇻 Latvia 3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 7. 🇭🇺 Hungary 8. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9. 🇹🇷 Turkey 10. 🇮🇱 Israel Explore rankings and learn more:
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@ericadyork According to our analysis, the Trump administration has so far imposed over $85 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products.
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Where are Americans moving? States with the highest proportion of inbound moves: 1. Idaho 2. South Carolina 3. Oregon 4. South Dakota 5. Arizona 6. North Carolina 7. Tennessee 8. Alabama 9. Florida 10. Arkansas Learn more:
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The global trend towards lower corporate income tax rates:
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Taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in #beer , costing more than labor an raw materials combined. Approximately 40 percent of the retail price of beer is dedicated toward covering all the applicable taxes:
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Comparing Europe's tax systems: individual income taxes
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Sen. Harris's rent relief tax credit would actually distort the housing market, predominately benefit landlords, and fail to address the root causes of high housing prices: @NKaeding
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Corporate income taxes are the most harmful type of tax and workers bear a portion of the burden, according to research from the OECD: @danieldbunn
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Taxes play an important role in the health of a county's economy. Compare the latest international tax rankings:
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Comparing Europe’s tax systems: property taxes
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If the U.S. taxed personal income in the same way that Denmark does, all income over $65,000 would be taxed at 55.9 percent. @ElkeAsen
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The least competitive tax systems in the OECD: 28. 🇩🇰 Denmark 29. 🇬🇷 Greece 30. 🇪🇸 Spain 31. 🇨🇴 Colombia 32. 🇮🇸 Iceland 33. 🇲🇽 Mexico 34. 🇵🇹 Portugal 35. 🇫🇷 France 36. 🇵🇱 Poland 37. 🇮🇹 Italy
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Studies have shown that tariffs result in lower income, reduced employment, and lower economic output. According to our analysis, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in decades: @ericadyork
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Tax Foundation
3 years
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal to increase the corporate tax rate and to tax long-term capital gains and qualified dividends at ordinary income tax rates would increase the top integrated tax rate on corporate income above pre-TCJA levels, making it the highest in the OECD.
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Tax Foundation
6 years
The top three sources of government revenue in the OECD are: 1. Consumption taxes (32.4%) 2. Social insurance taxes (25.8%) 3. Individual income taxes (24.4%) By contrast, the U.S. gets 40.5% of its revenue from individual income taxes. @aelsibaie
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Tax Foundation
5 years
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Tax Foundation
4 years
Real property taxes in Europe:
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Tax Foundation
3 years
The most competitive tax systems in the OECD: 1. Estonia 2. Latvia 3. New Zealand 4. Switzerland 5. Luxembourg 6. Lithuania 7. Czech Republic 8. Sweden 9. Australia 10. Norway Learn more:
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Tax Foundation
3 years
The corporate income tax is the most harmful tax for economic growth, according to research by the OECD. And a growing amount of empirical evidence shows that workers bear the true economic burden of the corporate income tax through reduced wages.
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Tax Foundation
3 years
If the U.S. taxed personal income in the same way that Denmark does, all income over $65,000 would be taxed at 55.9 percent:
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Tax Foundation
3 years
According to our analysis, the House #BuildBackBetter reconciliation plan would: 🔹 Increase net revenue by ~$1.06T 🔹 Cost 303k U.S. jobs in the long run 🔹 Shrink GDP by nearly 1% over the next ten years 🔹 Reduce after-tax incomes by 1.7% for the top 80% of taxpayers
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Tax Foundation
2 years
The most competitive tax systems in the #OECD : 1🇪🇪Estonia 2🇱🇻Latvia 3🇳🇿New Zealand 4🇨🇭Switzerland 5🇨🇿Czech Republic 6🇱🇺Luxembourg 7🇭🇺Hungary 8🇱🇹Lithuania 9🇹🇷Turkey 10🇮🇱Israel 11🇦🇺Australia 12🇸🇪Sweden 13🇸🇰Slovak Republic 14🇳🇱Netherlands 15🇩🇪Germany ➡️
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Tax Foundation
4 years
Tax relief for families in Europe:
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Tax Foundation
4 years
One of Biden's lesser known tax proposals would reduce the tax benefit of traditional #retirement accounts for those earning above $80,250 but under $400k, violating his tax pledge to not raise taxes on earners below the $400k threshold: @GS_Watson
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Tax Foundation
4 years
We're pleased to announce that Karl Smith ( @karlbykarlsmith ) has joined us as our new V.P. for Federal Policy, where he will lead our efforts to research, model, and reform the U.S. tax code.
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