This is big news right? The middle class pays more, and will never be able to do what business can do to lower their taxes this much, from 35% to 12.6%?
CNN: Large, profitable U.S. corporations paid an average effective federal tax rate of 12.6% in 2010, the Government Accountability Office said Monday. The federal corporate tax rate stands at 35%, and jumps to 39.2% when state rates are taken into account. But thanks to things like tax credits, exemptions and offshore tax havens, the actual tax burden of American companies is much lower. Even when foreign, state and local taxes were taken into account, the companies paid only 16.9% of their worldwide income in taxes in 2010.
Coburn said in a statement that the report "underscores the need for comprehensive tax reform. It's especially wrong to ask families who are struggling to make ends meet to subsidize special breaks for corporations." The GAO's calculation for effective corporate tax rates is lower than a number of previous estimates. That's in part because the office excluded unprofitable firms, which pay little or no taxes, from its analysis.
U.S. corporate tax collection totaled 2.6% of GDP in 2011, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That was the eleventh lowest in a ranking of 27 wealthy nations.
"But thanks to things like tax credits, exemptions and offshore tax havens, the actual tax burden of American companies is much lower."
ReplyDeleteBut those are variable OPTIONS that are in no way guaranteed and depend on favors and cronyism. Precisely the things you are demanding be REMOVED.