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I agree with you on #2, but not on #1. I think the correct reform of the corporate income tax is to abolish the "bazillion highly specific loopholes." If it w
by CharlesColeman 8y ago
I agree with you on #2, but not on #1.
I think the correct reform of the corporate income tax is to abolish the "bazillion highly specific loopholes." If it was abolished entirely, I think you'd very quickly see corporations being set up and used purely to evade individual income tax, especially among the extremely wealthy.
That said, I do think it makes sense to not tax money at the corporate level that's remitted as dividends that would be taxed individually.
- beat 8y agoNo one pays dividends these days anyway. It's all shifted to capital gains, to pumping the stock price rather than delivering profits.
- CharlesColeman 8y agoIf the tax treatment of dividends and capital gains changed, corporate practices would change to follow suit.