stock buybacks Archive

Alternative Minimum Tax, Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains
October 28, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Tax reform should simplify the tax code. Instead, Congress is debating new ways to raise revenue that would make the tax code more complex and more difficult to administer. The new proposals—imposing an alternative minimum tax on corporate book income, applying an excise tax on stock buybacks, and, at one point this week,

Tax on Stock Buybacks a Misguided Way to Encourage Investment
September 10, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Stock buybacks have gained a bad rap in recent years as policymakers have blamed them for a range of economic ills, from encouraging a focus on short-term profits to reduced investment. Now, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have targeted buybacks for a 2 percent excise tax in the reconciliation package.