Senate Finance Hearing on Corporate Integration
Remember the pass-through mantra for tax reform? All business income should be taxed once, it should be taxed at the same top rate, and then we should leave it alone! Well, that mantra was on display Tuesday when a panel of tax experts explored the benefits and costs of corporate integration. Here’s Dr. Michael Graetz:
“In the 1990s, principally because of its administrative advantages, the Treasury Department recommended taxing business income once—at the business level. This form of integration was advanced by President George W. Bush in 2003, but Congress instead simply lowered shareholders’ income tax rates on dividends. That …
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