Companies are currently charged a 35 % tax
on corporate profits earned in the United States, a level that many business leaders argue is excessive.
Not exact matches
It included cutting
corporate income tax to 21 percent from 35 percent and a new territorial system that exempts U.S. corporations from U.S. taxes
on most future
profits, ending a system of taxing
profits of all U.S. - based corporations no matter where they are
earned.
Beyond an immediate increase in book value, the Omaha - based holding company will benefit from lower
corporate taxes
on the
profits earned from its operating businesses.
This works in closely held companies because the identity between ownership and management and effective political power of the owners in
corporate governance is sufficient to make sure that the entity distributes enough money to allow the owners to pay taxes
on profits that are
earned.
Because dividends are not tax free (as they are in pass through entities once tax
on entity level
earning has been paid by the owners - which would look politically ugly in a publicly held company context letting people receive millions in dividends and pay not taxes
on it), and there is no deduction for dividends paid to the corporation (in most contexts), and there is no tax credit for taxes paid at the
corporate level against income tax liability
on dividends, the end result is that there is double taxation of
corporate profits both when the
profits are
earned by the corporation and again when they are distributed to shareholders.
Distinguishing itself from traditional banks, Your Credit Union's mandate is solely to meet the financial needs of its members, offering lower fees, higher returns and focusing
on meeting members» needs over
earning corporate profit.