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- 2021
- Working Paper
The Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax Is Irrelevant for Its (Benefit-Based) Justification
Robust support for corporate income taxation is a puzzle for standard tax theory because the tax’s incidence is uncertain and unreliable. We propose a resolution: if the corporate tax is seen as a benefit-based tax, its normative appeal depends on the correspondence... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew C. "The Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax Is Irrelevant for Its (Benefit-Based) Justification." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29547, December 2021.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality
By: Suresh Nallareddy, Ethan Rouen and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
This paper studies the effects of corporate tax changes on income inequality. Using state corporate tax rate changes as a setting, we show that cutting state corporate tax rates leads to increases in income inequality. This result is robust to using regression and... View Details
Nallareddy, Suresh, Ethan Rouen, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato. "Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-101, May 2018.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Average Marginal Income Tax Rates in New Zealand, 1907-2009
By: Debasis Bandyopadhyay, Robert J. Barro, Jeremy Couchman, Norman Gemmell, Gordon Y Liao and Fiona McAlister
Estimates of marginal tax rates (MTRs) faced by individual economic agents, and for various aggregates of taxpayers, are important for economists testing behavioural responses to changes in those tax rates. This paper reports estimates of a number of personal marginal... View Details
Bandyopadhyay, Debasis, Robert J. Barro, Jeremy Couchman, Norman Gemmell, Gordon Y Liao, and Fiona McAlister. "Average Marginal Income Tax Rates in New Zealand, 1907-2009." Working Paper, July 2012.
- 13 May 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
savings to drive growth. What actually results, however, is something of a surprise, according to a new study. Corporate tax cuts end up widening the income gap between those... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- December 1999 (Revised December 2010)
- Background Note
Accounting for Income Taxes
By: David F. Hawkins
Accounting for Income taxes under US-GAAP and IFRS. Analysis of income tax information in financial statements. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Accounting for Income Taxes." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-035, December 1999. (Revised December 2010.)
- October 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Two whimsical situations are described to provide illustrations of situations where income taxes paid differ from the income tax expense that might be included in financial reports. In addition to illustrating that financial reported income may differ from taxable... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Accounting Audits; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Decisions; Accounting Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting." Harvard Business School Case 191-071, October 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
- January 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Legislative Choices for U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
By: Robert C. Pozen and Eric Lonstein
This case asks students to wear the hat of a policymaker to explore the politically charged issues around corporate tax reform in the U.S. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Eric Lonstein. "Legislative Choices for U.S. Corporate Tax Reform." Harvard Business School Case 314-090, January 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
We can be forgiven, especially this time of year, for questioning a decision our predecessors made just over a century ago. In the 1910s, Americans decided to make personal and corporate income View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- October 24, 2018
- Article
End the Corporate Health Care Tax
By: Mark R. Kramer and John Pontillo
Imagine if a single piece of legislation could effectively eliminate all U.S. corporate taxes, subsidize hundreds of millions of dollars in new corporate investment, increase the take-home pay of most U.S. employees, ease state and local budgets, and reduce the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Taxation; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
Kramer, Mark R., and John Pontillo. "End the Corporate Health Care Tax." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 24, 2018).
- November 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Technical Note
Tax Havens
By: Eric Werker, Sebastian Berardi, Stelios Elia, Omar Muakkassa and James Zumberge
Multinational corporations and wealthy individuals often use so-called tax havens to establish subsidiaries or holding companies in order to rebalance profits across borders with the primary purpose of lowering their effective tax rate. This note describes the use of... View Details
Werker, Eric, Sebastian Berardi, Stelios Elia, Omar Muakkassa, and James Zumberge. "Tax Havens." Harvard Business School Technical Note 714-019, November 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- November 2020
- Article
The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth
By: Urooj Khan, Suresh Nallareddy and Ethan Rouen
We investigate the relation between the growth in corporate profits and the overall U.S. economy, focusing on the impact of the U.S. corporate tax regime on this relation. We document that the growth of corporate profits, on average, has outpaced the growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Taxes; Gdp; Corporate Profits; American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004; Taxation; Economic Growth; Profit; United States
Khan, Urooj, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen. "The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth." Management Science 66, no. 11 (November 2020): 5427–5447.
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth
By: Urooj Khan, Suresh Nallareddy and Ethan Rouen
We investigate the relation between the growth in corporate profits and the overall U.S. economy, focusing on the impact of the U.S. corporate tax regime on this relation. We document that the growth of corporate profits, on average, has outpaced the growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Taxes; Gdp; Corporate Profits; American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004; Taxation; Economic Growth; Profit; United States
Khan, Urooj, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen. "The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-006, July 2017.
- March 2017
- Article
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence
By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Suraj Srinivasan and Liang Tan
We provide new evidence on the agency theory of corporate tax avoidance (Slemrod, 2004; Crocker and Slemrod, 2005; Chen and Chu, 2005) by showing that increases in institutional ownership are associated with increases in tax avoidance. Using the Russell index... View Details
Keywords: Tax Avoidance; Agency Costs; Institutional Ownership; Private Ownership; Crime and Corruption; Taxation; Agency Theory
Khan, Mozaffar N., Suraj Srinivasan, and Liang Tan. "Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence." Accounting Review 92, no. 2 (March 2017): 101–122.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit
By: Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Monica Singhal
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) represents a novel tax expenditure program that employs "investable" tax credits to spur production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Housing; Renting or Rental; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal. "Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14149, June 2008.
- September 1985
- Background Note
Income Tax Expense Determination and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Taxation
Hawkins, David F. "Income Tax Expense Determination and Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 186-077, September 1985.
- Article
Income Tax Policy and Charitable Giving
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "Income Tax Policy and Charitable Giving." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26, no. 3 (Summer 2007): 599–612.
- November 2006
- Background Note
U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income
By: Henry B. Reiling
Identifies several of the problems and policy choices associated with taxing foreign-source income. Examples are given of the practical after-tax effects of the major alternatives. Foreign tax credit and "tax haven" based business activities receive special attention.... View Details
Reiling, Henry B. "U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income." Harvard Business School Background Note 207-085, November 2006.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Executives' Financial Preferences and Shareholder Tax Outcomes
By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya M. Perez-Silva
We demonstrate that executives’ personal financial preferences impact both layers of shareholder taxes, corporate taxes and corporate payouts. We reconstruct executives’ insider equity portfolios to quantify their personal incentives and analyze stock sales that reveal... View Details
Keywords: Executives; Capital Gain; Dividends; Effective Tax Rate; Tax Avoidance; Taxation; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations
Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Andreya M. Perez-Silva. "Executives' Financial Preferences and Shareholder Tax Outcomes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-034, September 2015.
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
compliance function to being a profit center. The ratio of corporate taxes to GDP declined through the late 1990s even during an economic expansion. There has been a growing disconnect between the View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen