Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed?
Citation:
Weinzierl, Matthew. "Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 715-052, May 2015. View Details|
Case HBS Case Collection February 2014 (Revised March 2015) Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? |
Abstract
Taxing corporations is popular, but why? Corporations do not bear the burden of taxes, people do, and the incidence of the corporate income tax burden is likely to be far different from what many of its supporters assume.
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Keywords: Economic versus statutory incidence; Basics of corporate taxation; Business Ventures; Taxation; Profit;
Citation:
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Katrina Flanagan. "Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed?" Harvard Business School Case 714-033, February 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
