1. One of the major issues we are facing in the US economy is how much we should charge in regards to the corporate tax rate. Corporate tax rate is imposed by the government and determines how much a corporate business will pay in taxes at the end of the year. Trump plans on decreasing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. Out of the 34 countries in the OECD, America ranks first with a 39.1 percent corporate tax rate, compared to an OECD average of 24.1 percent. Along with trump, I think that we should reconsider the corporate tax rate. If we were to lower the rate than companies would have more money to spend and put back into our economy. Although I agree with Trump, there are several factors that affect this decision and there are many …show more content…
One measurable variable is tax deductions allow corporations to reduce the pool of taxable income. If the company utilizes all available tax deductions, they won’t have to pay as much in taxes at the end of the year. One of the deductions that varies is how generous the depreciation schedule is when a business does an investment. They don’t normally get to deduct the whole cost that year. They have to do it over time. Another variable is taxes are complex; different studies disagree on effective corporate tax rates because corporate tax rates tend to vary widely depending on the industry. It is hard to measure just how much we should charge because different industries require a different amount of product and money. The third variable that affects how we calculate the corporate tax income is many studies do not account for businesses that pay tax through the individual income-tax system rather than the corporate income-tax system. This makes it hard to calculate because these studies are not including all of the data in order to make a sound …show more content…
The fiscal policy that I suggest we use to address the problem is graduated corporate income. We should not determine the corporate tax rate as one concrete number. We should decide the rate based on how big the company is. The policy will state that the first $50,000 of a corporation’s profit is taxed at a 15% and will cap out at 35% for companies that make more than $335,000. Using this policy will make it so more small businesses will grow because they will not be taxed as much as a large company that can actually afford it.
5. The monetary policy I suggest we use is to increase the money supply and lower the cost of borrowing. I believe that this will affect how we calculate the corporate tax rate because if a company has an easier time getting a loan, and if they have access to more money, we can make the tax rate higher because they will have more money. The money that we get from taxing these corporations should be put back into the economy by the government. If we were to keep the tax rates higher we can use the extra money and put it into things such as; the building of roads, education, and
The current tax policy in the United States is very confusing and it is very costly for our government to administer it. It is in the best interest of our country and its citizens to revise or replace our current tax policy.
Donald Trump wants to lower taxes which is great, but there are many setbacks to this. If he does lower taxes it will be harder for the government to have
Another idea would be to avoid increasing the tax rates as this will help “minimize economic distortions that shrink the level of production” (Baker III, 2009, p. 1). To promote economic growth, our team recommends that we take the approach of increasing the corporate tax base and decreasing the corporate tax rates. Other suggestion is to reduce the deductibility of state and local taxes. Other reforms that could be looked
Cutting down individual taxes will generate more employment and will help generate more money, it will create more tax revenue, according to Mike DeBones, from “House Passes 2018 Budget, Taking a Crucial Step toward Tax Overhaul.” He states that “Our budget specifically paves the way for pro-growth tax reform that will reduce taxes for middle-class Americans and free up American businesses to grow and hire,” House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-Tenn.) said during floor debate Wednesday. I agree if the tax is
The worst thing I think America ever did is putting way too many taxes on the poor. One of my reasons is that the poor can’t afford a lot of things with taxes and if the poor buy something they also have to pay taxes, which will make everything more Expensive. My Second reason is that the government should make a rule for taxes based on the person's income. My Third reason is that because of the taxes the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. Those are my three reasons for why taxes on the poor is the worst thing America did.
For a corporation in 2012, the domestic production activities deduction is equal to 9% of the higher of (1) qualified production activities income or (2) taxable income. However, the deduction cannot exceed 50% of the W-2 wages related to qualified production activities income.
First I urge you all to fix our broken personal tax code, a tax code that because of complexity allows some to slip by at the expense of the government and the American people. Our current process of personal income taxation is so complex most Americans are clueless as to how much they are paying and where it is going. What the American people want is fairness, what the American people deserve is fairness, and what this body of congress has the moral obligation to provide is fairness. Not only do we need to eliminate loopholes and complexity but we also need to tax at a level of Austerity that is realistic for our spending. Asking senators, congressman, and congresswoman to try implementing policy that could potentially mean
"A revolutionary change in our tax system is fundamental to re-energizing the American economy and restoring the American dream" (Moore 1). Currently, there are two major plans being considered to try and fix the tax system in the United States. These two plans are the Flat Tax and the National Retail Sales Tax. "Both the Flat Tax and a National Sales Tax would replace today's discriminatory tax structure with a single low rate. Either plan would promote the kind of capital formation that America needs to boost workers' incomes and raise long-term economic growth" (Mitchell 1). This means that the flat tax would take away the savings from the government and pass them on to the citizens and businesses. By doing this, there would be a rise in long-term economic growth.
Donald Trump said in the debate, “Under my plan I will be reducing taxes tremendously from thirty-five percent to fifteen percent for companies, small and big businesses.” Trump is appealing to business owners but also to middle class people. The reason for him appealing to middle class people is because the less businesses have to pay for their products to be manufactured and shipped to them, the less consumers have to pay. With doing so, Trump could increase the amount of money that's in Americans wallet. He wants to persuade Americans to vote for him. Since today the economy is going down the toilet he's showing a resolution to this problem us Americans are feeling. Also he is appealing to small business owners. In today economy a lot of
Imagine a friend says that he doesn’t want to take a job that pays slightly more money only because he will be bumped into the next tax bracket and end up taking home less income after taxes. Based on the video Engager you watched in Unit 2, how would you advise this friend? Define marginal tax rates. Then, explain why tax rates in the United States were designed to be marginal.
Under the Trump plan, America will compete with the world and win by cutting the coroprate tax rate to 15%, taking over our rate from one of the worst to one of the best. The Trump plann adresses this challenge head on with a new business income tax rate within the personal income tax code that matches the 15% coroprate tax rate to help these businesses entrepreneurs and feelancers grow and prosper. Since we are making America’s coroprate tax rate globally competitive, it is only fair that coroprations help make that move fiscally responsible, U.S.- owned coroprations have much as $2.5 trillion cash sitting
Trump’s economic plan is similar to most Republicans -- cut taxes. Cutting taxes always sounds great on paper, but history has gone to show that it never works out well when it comes to economic growth. Whenever taxes have been raised (like under Bill Clinton, for example) there has been major economic growth. Whenever taxes have been cut like under the Bushes and Reagan, the economy growth dwindles down. Reagan actually had to raise taxes towards the end of his presidency because things were getting so bad, and this action helped save the country from more economic damage. Although the idea put forth that cutting taxes hurts the
The Republican administration of Donald Trump presented an ambitious tax reform, making emphasis in a strong tax cut for individuals and companies, this is just a proposal for now, in what anticipates a long and never-ending debates in the Congress to get the approval. Examining how changes to individual and companies tax will affect long-term economy grows. The structure of such changes is critical to achieve what in the future could bring economic growth, the ultimate purpose of any government in the world. This work will try to analyze the pros and cons, consequences for our country and abroad, and finally have the criteria if this is viable for our economy, showing some statistics and graphics for a better
Although many Americans, who do not know what a flat tax rate is, think that the current tax rate is fair, let us look at two different situations and then reconsider. There is a man, John Waters, who is the CEO of a large company and he makes an average of $570,000 annually. Making this amount, John is forced to pay thirty-five percent of his income to the government in taxes, leaving him with $370,500 to support his family of five. With his remaining balance he would be eligible to be placed in the tax bracket under the one he’s in currently and reduce the percentage of his income that he is forced to pay in taxes. On the other hand, you have another gentleman, Josh Anderson, who is a common salesman for Coca Cola that makes $165,000 a
If the proportional tax rate does away with corporate tax rate, then it would be beneficial to the U.S economy. Research shows that of “U.S corporations moved 2.5 trillion dollars” out of the U.S due to the corporate tax laws (Donachie, 2016). That is 14 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States. If these companies had stayed, it would have resulted in higher economic activity and job creation. Getting rid of the progressive tax rate would show a sign of confidence to the companies that they can set up shops in the U.S and reap the benefits.