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Research & Commentary: Why the U.S. Should Cut its Corporate Tax Rate

John Nothdurft

Research & Commentary / The Heartland Institute / November 09, 2009

What the U.S. economy needs more than another pork-filled stimulus plan or massive new spending proposal is a cut in the corporate tax rate.The United States ... (read more)

U.S. Lags While Competitors Accelerate Corporate Income Tax Reform

Scott A. Hodge and Andre Dammert

Fiscal Facts / The Tax Foundation / August 05, 2009

New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that the U.S. corporate tax rate has fallen even further out of step ... (read more)

The Economic Benefits Of Provisions Allowing U.S. Multinational Companies To Defer U.S. Corporate Tax On Their Foreign Earnings

Robert J. Shapiro and Aparna Mathur

Sonecon / June 01, 2009

For years, some politicians have proposed to increase the tax burden on the profits earned by American companies outside the United States, and Congress ... (read more)

High Taxes and No Borders for U.S. Companies

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2009

The average U.S. corporate income tax rate of 39.25 percent (state and federal taxes combined) is the second-highest among the 30 industrialized countries ... (read more)

Obama to Increase Corporate Taxes, U.S. Job Losses Likely to Result

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2009

President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce or eliminate various tax deferrals and credits granted to U.S. multinational firms is a tax increase that ... (read more)

Offshored Money Could Spur Recovery

John Nothdurft

Letter to the Editor / The Washington Post / January 08, 2009

Three weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was saying that the economy needed a stimulus package of $600 billion. Less than two weeks later, President-elect ... (read more)

New Jersey Has Nation’s Worst Business Tax Climate

Josh Barro

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2008

The Tax Foundation’s 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index, the sixth annual report ranking the 50 states on the business-friendliness of their tax ... (read more)

Comparing International Corporate Tax Rates

Robert Carroll

Fiscal Fact No. 143 / Tax Foundation / August 28, 2008

The U.S. has left the major features of its business tax system unchanged over the past fifteen years. Meanwhile, other countries have been changing theirs, ... (read more)

What Do Corporate Income Taxes Cost American Families?

Tax Foundation staff

TaxWatch / Tax Foundation / August 18, 2008

Ask a typical family about the taxes they pay, and they’ll likely focus on America’s biggest and most visible taxes: property taxes at home, ... (read more)

'U.S. Corporate Taxes Now 50 Percent Higher Than OECD Average'

Scott Hodge

Fiscal Fact No. 136 / Tax Foundation / August 13, 2008

Amid rising concerns about the state of the U.S. economy, new data compiled by economists at the OECD shows that for the 17th consecutive year the average ... (read more)