Broadening the tax base of neutral business taxes

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 1
Pages: 81-83

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Abstract

The Samuelson tax is a neutral business income tax on the normal return on capital only. I discuss two modifications of the Samuelson tax in order to include pure profits in its tax base, but still achieve neutral business taxation.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:1:p:81-83
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29