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Corporations in Most States Would Face Income Tax Rate Exceeding 30 Percent Under Ways and Means Proposal

1 min readBy: Alex Muresianu, Erica York

A centerpiece of House Democrats’ reconciliation proposal is an increase in the corporate taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. rate, from 21 percent to 26.5 percent.

The corporate income taxA corporate income tax (CIT) is levied by federal and state governments on business profits. Many companies are not subject to the CIT because they are taxed as pass-through businesses, with income reportable under the individual income tax. is among the most economically harmful ways to raise revenue. Higher corporate taxes reduce output, productivity, and wages in the long run, while making the United States less competitive. And a federal tax rate of 26.5 percent does not tell the full story, because most U.S. states impose their own corporate income taxes.

Under the proposal, the top combined corporate income tax rate would reach 30.9 percent in the United States when including the average state-level corporate income tax. Companies in 21 states and D.C. would face a higher corporate tax rate than in any country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where Portugal currently levies the highest tax rate of 31.5 percent. New Jersey would see the highest combined federal-state corporate tax rate of nearly 35 percent.

House Democrats corporate income tax rates proposal Corporations in Most States Would Face Income Tax Rate Exceeding 30 Percent Under Ways and Means Proposal

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