Econ Comments & Analysis
Real Clear Markets | Warning: Obama Proposes Tripling Dividend Tax Rate
In the summer of 2008, the Obama campaign's two top economists proudly proclaimed that their candidate favored a dividend tax rate of 20 percent, "lower than all but five of the last 92 years." Well, that was then.
AEI | The Interaction of Tax and Financial Accounting on Tax Reform
While reducing statutory rates would provide a benefit to existing investments and improve the valuation of the company from the point of view of the shareholders, expanding expensing and accelerated depreciation provisions would generate returns over the lifetime of the company by improving cash flows and thereby enhancing firm value.
Blogs
National Review | I Hope You Like Your Wine with Taxes on the Side
The $56 million Value-Added Marketing Grant program is a pretty small outlay in a $3.8 trillion federal budget. However, it’s not so much the size of the program that’s the problem.
