Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162928 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016-06
Publisher: 
Rutgers University, Department of Economics, New Brunswick, NJ
Abstract: 
We consider three plans for shifting the tax on corporate income to the personal level to achieve a significant reduction in the corporate tax rate. One plan eliminates the corporate tax and taxes dividends and the annual change in the value of publicly traded financial assets at ordinary rates. The second integrates corporate and shareholder taxes. The third lowers the corporate tax rate to 15 percent and taxes dividends and capital gains as ordinary income. To prevent large reductions in capital gains realizations and dividend payouts, an interest charge on taxes deferred during the holding period would be imposed when an asset is sold. We conclude that the third alternative is more robust than the other two.
Subjects: 
tax reform
corporate income taxation
corporate tax integration
JEL: 
H24
H25
H32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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