excess profits tax Archive
Windfall Tax Policies in Europe | Windfall Profits Taxes
October 4, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As energy prices continue to rise, more European countries have been looking at windfall profit taxes—a one-time tax levied on a company or industry when economic conditions result in large, unexpected profits—to fund relief measures for consumers. As early as March 8, the European Commission recommended in its REPowerEU communication that member states
Wyden Excess Profits Tax Proposal
August 23, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares In response to high oil prices, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has proposed raising taxes on oil and gas companies in three ways. His “Taxing Big Oil Profiteers Act” would create an additional 21 percent tax on so-called excess profits earned over 10 percent of revenues of oil companies with annual revenues over $1
Windfall Profits Tax Wrong for American Energy
March 21, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares No policy idea is ever truly gone. As oil prices have skyrocketed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) have introduced a bill targeted at oil company profits. While billed as a Windfall Profits Tax, the proposal is really an excise tax. The United States has implemented such a tax before,
