Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors

Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors

This report is a modified version of an earlier report ITEP published in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation. 1. Corporate tax cuts and corporate tax avoidance worsen income inequality. When corporations are allowed to pay less in taxes, the ultimate beneficiaries are mainly the owners of corporate stocks, who are concentrated among the wealthiest … Read more

Markets today: U.S. curve steepens as traders bet on Trump return

Markets today: U.S. curve steepens as traders bet on Trump return

BNN Bloomberg’s Paul Bagnell looks at how North American markets are shaping up for the trading day. (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock futures rose and longer-maturity bonds retreated as investors ratcheted up wagers that Donald Trump would win the presidential election after an assassination attempt.The U.S. 30-year yield rose above the two-year for the first time … Read more

Here’s What a Trump Win in November Would Mean for the Tax Burden on Corporations

Here’s What a Trump Win in November Would Mean for the Tax Burden on Corporations

July 9, 2024 at 9:00 PM Aces/SplashNews.com / Aces/SplashNews.com The 2024 presidential election is top of mind and, if you are a shareholder in a company, you might be paying more attention to Donald Trump’s campaign in the upcoming months. Not only will you cast your vote for the next president of the United States … Read more

Direct tax mop-up rises 19.5% to ₹5.74-lakh cr so far in FY25

Direct tax mop-up rises 19.5% to ₹5.74-lakh cr so far in FY25

Building on the strong show seen in financial year 2023-24, Net Direct Taxes collections have surged 19.54 per cent to ₹ 5.74-lakh crore till July 11 this fiscal, official data released by CBDT showed.In the same period (upto July 11) last fiscal, the net direct tax collections stood at ₹4.80-lakh crore.The latest reading of ₹5.74 … Read more

AICPA Comments on Proposed Regs on Excise Tax on Repurchase of Corporate Stock

AICPA Comments on Proposed Regs on Excise Tax on Repurchase of Corporate Stock

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock proposed regulations, which address the application of the new excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock under section 4501. Section 4501(a) was enacted as part … Read more

Net tax receipts up 19.5%, corporate tax share at 36.6%

Net tax receipts up 19.5%, corporate tax share at 36.6%

Growth in India’s net direct tax collections slowed slightly to 19.54% by July 11, relative to a 21% rise recorded by June 17, with revenues hitting ₹5.74 lakh crore, the Income Tax department said on Friday.Personal income tax (PIT) receipts constituted 60.2% of the net collections at ₹3.46 lakh crore, rising 21.4% year-on-year, while corporate … Read more

Trump’s Tax and Tariff Ideas: Details & Analysis

Trump’s Tax and Tariff Ideas: Details & Analysis

Trump Tax Plan 2024: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Trump’s Tax and Tariff Ideas: Details & Analysis Trump has not released a fully detailed taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government … Read more

IRS finalizes regulations on stock repurchase excise tax

IRS finalizes regulations on stock repurchase excise tax

Background The proposed regulations on the procedural aspect of the excise tax was published on April 12, 2024. These were part of the broader implementation of section 4501, which generally imposes a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases by publicly traded corporations. Notice 2023-2 also provided initial guidance on this tax, giving taxpayers a preliminary … Read more

Your Guide To Tax Policy In Project 2025

Your Guide To Tax Policy In Project 2025

The title page reads, “Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise — Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.” What follows are 920 pages of sweeping changes for the “next conservative president” to put into effect or, if not sufficiently empowered, to recommend to Congress. From abortion to veterans affairs, the anthology of 30 chapters, each by a … Read more