Publications

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2021
Working Paper

The Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax Is Irrelevant for Its (Benefit-Based) Justification

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

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

Keywords: Corporate Income Tax; Benefit-based Taxation; Business Ventures; Taxation

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

Keywords: Financial Statements; Taxation; Standards

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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

Keywords: Business Ventures; Taxation; Income; Equality and Inequality; United States

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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

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13 May 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality

Keywords: by Suresh Nallareddy, Ethan Rouen, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato

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 taxes a... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

02 Jul 2018
News

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

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

September 1985
Background Note

Income Tax Expense Determination and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Taxation

13 Apr 2015
News

Why Americans Have Chosen to Pay Income Tax

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

27 Jun 2011
News

A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies

Article

Income Tax Policy and Charitable Giving

By: Arthur C. Brooks

30 May 2013
News

Tax Only the Income Earned in the U.S.

December 1996
Article

New IAS Standard: Accounting for Income Taxes

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Taxation; Accounting; Standards

2003
Article

The Divergence Between Book and Tax Income

By: Mihir A. Desai

Keywords: Taxation

March 1993 (Revised November 1993)
Teaching Note

Taxing Situations: Two Cases on Income Taxes and Financial Reporting TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-191-071). View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Financial Reporting