stock buybacks Archive
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
Stock Buyback Tax Would Hurt Investment and Innovation
August 12, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The Senate-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) calls for a new 1 percent excise tax on stock buybacks, the argument being it would be better for the economy if firms invested their surplus cash in the business, rather than returning this value to shareholders. However, research suggests that buybacks do not hinder investment opportunities,
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.
