Enligt läckor till amerikanska medier inför budgetpresentationen på måndagen har Obama radikala planer för företagsbeskattningen. Den löpande skatten för vinster inom USA sänks till som högst 28 procent, från tidigare upp till 35 procent. Vinster i utlandet kan beskattas med upp till 19 procent, om de inte beskattats där de intjänats.
Men det mest uppseendeväckande förslaget är en engångsskatt på 14 procent för de ackumulerade vinster som amerikanska företag i många år behållit utomlands. Vinsterna beräknas uppgå till 2 biljoner dollar (16 000 miljarder kronor).
Enligt The Wall Street Journal den värsta av alla världar.
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onsdag 7 september 2011
ROBERT MUNDELL REKOMMENDERAR SÄNKT BOLAGSSKATT
I en intervju med The Economist 1 september rekommenderar "nobelpristagaren" Robert Mundell att Obama sänker den amerikanska bolagsskatten till 15 - 20 procent. Han har sagt det förr. Han inser att det är politiskt svårt, men en sänkning till åtminstone 25 procent skulle innebära att Obama inte framstår som näringslivsfientlig. Det skulle bidra till USAs tillfrisknande. Tre saker behövs för att lösa den ekoknomiska krisen i USA och Europa: tillväxt, tillväxt och tillväxt, säger han. Lyssna här.
Beskattning av företagens vinster hindrar tillväxten. Bolagsskatten är den farligaste skatten vi har för tillväxt och investeringar, säger Anders Borg. Avskaffa den.
Beskattning av företagens vinster hindrar tillväxten. Bolagsskatten är den farligaste skatten vi har för tillväxt och investeringar, säger Anders Borg. Avskaffa den.
onsdag 25 maj 2011
WHY OBAMA'S CORPORATE TAX REFORM WILL FAIL
Här är en intressant artikel på tax.com av Martin A. Sullivan om Obamas vedermödor gällande den amerikanska bolagsbeskattningen. Bland de högsta skattesatserna i världen och fullt med undantag, kryphål, stimulanser och specialregler för olika branscher.
En sak förefaller dock klar: skattesatserna måste ner rejält.
En sak förefaller dock klar: skattesatserna måste ner rejält.
onsdag 8 september 2010
OBAMA´S COMPANY TAX PROPOSAL
President Obama proposes to let companies quickly write off 100 percent of their investments in new plants and equipment. The idea is to give companies an incentive to spend and invest now, rather than later. The administration claims the change would put nearly $200 billion in the hands of businesses over the next two years.
Under the current law, a company gets to deduct 50 percent of the costs upfront, and the remainder over three to 20 years, depending on the nature of the investment.
"This measure would provide tax incentives for businesses to invest in the United States when our economy needs it most," says a White House fact sheet.
Sweden used to give companies the same kind of incentives. That was in the days of high tax rates before 1990. It helped companies with profits in the past to keep those profits untaxed. A high tax rate combined with generous depreciation allowances made it expensive to pay dividends to the shareholder. Although the statutory tax rate was far above 50 percent the effective tax burden was less than 20 percent of economic profit. So the capital was locked in in historically prosperous companies. New companies with new products and new ideas were locked out as they had to raise funds from taxed income. The structure of business society was petrified.
Apart from these negative effects of a system of high tax rates and generous deduction facilities, it made the tax legislation extremely complicaded. Tax consultation industry boomed.
Sweden changed its system fundamentally in 1990. Tax rates were lowered drastically to levels unseen before. Today it is still lower - 26,3 percent. Most of the old system for creating untaxed reserved was scrapped. The effective tax cost raised towards 25 percent and tax revenue increased.
There has been a wave of reductions of company tax rates over the world during the last decades. Not so in the US.
The US company tax system is more complicated than any other company tax system. The tax rate is among the highest in the world. Dont make it still more complicated.
Mr Obama, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL. Simplify the company tax rules, lower the company tax rate. Om better still, abolish company tax altogether. The consultants will not appreciate it. But it makes business profit cheeper.
Under the current law, a company gets to deduct 50 percent of the costs upfront, and the remainder over three to 20 years, depending on the nature of the investment.
"This measure would provide tax incentives for businesses to invest in the United States when our economy needs it most," says a White House fact sheet.
Sweden used to give companies the same kind of incentives. That was in the days of high tax rates before 1990. It helped companies with profits in the past to keep those profits untaxed. A high tax rate combined with generous depreciation allowances made it expensive to pay dividends to the shareholder. Although the statutory tax rate was far above 50 percent the effective tax burden was less than 20 percent of economic profit. So the capital was locked in in historically prosperous companies. New companies with new products and new ideas were locked out as they had to raise funds from taxed income. The structure of business society was petrified.
Apart from these negative effects of a system of high tax rates and generous deduction facilities, it made the tax legislation extremely complicaded. Tax consultation industry boomed.
Sweden changed its system fundamentally in 1990. Tax rates were lowered drastically to levels unseen before. Today it is still lower - 26,3 percent. Most of the old system for creating untaxed reserved was scrapped. The effective tax cost raised towards 25 percent and tax revenue increased.
There has been a wave of reductions of company tax rates over the world during the last decades. Not so in the US.
The US company tax system is more complicated than any other company tax system. The tax rate is among the highest in the world. Dont make it still more complicated.
Mr Obama, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL. Simplify the company tax rules, lower the company tax rate. Om better still, abolish company tax altogether. The consultants will not appreciate it. But it makes business profit cheeper.
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