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Re:Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook by jamesblonde on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:17AM (#15653859)
But you know that even if you eliminated corporate tax, companies would not pay out profits as dividends, if there was a loophole around it. And there are loads, of course. Share buybacks, for example.
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Re:Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook by valuearb on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:53PM (#15656317)
Yes, you'd have to also tax capital gains at ordinary rates to capture this. I think capital gains should only have inflation adjustments to their basis, they don't need their own special rates.
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Re:Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook by tengbretson on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @12:36PM (#15654696)
From the perspective of an investor, there's really not all that much difference between a buyback and dividends.
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