I keep reading these comments here that claim that Obama will raise taxes on corporations, which will cause companies to shut down, and people to get laid off etc..

So here is a little information from someone who is quasi-literate in such affairs. First of all Obama is not talking about raising corporate taxes, which are very different from income tax. Obama wants to raise income tax (not corporate tax or capital gains tax) on families that make more than 250 thousand dollars a year. So your boss, who probably makes more than that, would want to get paid a little more so he can offset the higher tax that he would have to pay. The increase will come from the PRE-TAX profit of the company that you are working for. More a company pays in salaries the less it pays in tax as the salary, being an expense, is tax deductable. So in other words that tax that would otherwise be paid by the company is now paid by the individual (your boss). So why the whole drama? The answer is actually simple. Corporations have found a lot of loop holes in tax laws and they never pay the taxes that they are supposed to pay. The individuals on the other hand have to pay straight forward taxes based on W2s which some deductions.

So raising your boss’s tax rate is not going to effect your job or the health of the company you work for. Just the tax system will become better and more stream-lined.

I have tried to explain this as simply as possible. I know some of you are going to ask for sources, but you are no websites that will tell it to you in one paragraph. It is common sense if you want to understand it.

Right now we have one of the highest if not the highest taxes on corporations in the world. As a result jobs and companies are leaving at a high rate. Even smaller companies (like the one I work for) are looking to send the work they do outside of the USA. What can the US Government do to reverse this trend?

I’ve a novel plan that should satisfy almost everyone. Before you say it’s pure BS think about it. No corporate taxes at all. Over seas companies would be moving here, and in droves. And no federal taxes other than personal income taxes. I know your first thoughts are that can’t possible work. But it can. I’ll explain how.

Corporations are in business to make money period. If they don’t they don’t stay in business. But although they want to make money that also don’t want a lot of money lying around doing nothing. They want it working as well. So they put it to work. They renovate, renew, or rebuild their facilities. The purchase new equipment, update older equipment, retool, and other things like that. All these things means the money keeps moving. And when money moves someone makes a profit. Sooner or later all that money will end up with individuals in some shape, form, or fashion.

HERE is where the taxes come in. Any salary, wage, commision, or benefit given to an individual is subject to being taxed. And here’s where you start. If someone is living above the poverty line thay will pay some tax. How much will they pay depends on how far above the poverty line they are. No flat tax, but a graduated tax with no upper limit. It make no sense to tax someone making K at the same rate as someone who makes M a year. Democrats are always saying they ony want to increase taxes on the uber-rich while lowering the taxes on the lower and middle class people. Here’s their chance. I’ll leave it to the statisticians and mathmaticians to figure out how fast the percentage curve rises.

And here’s another thing that will make it work. All the loopholes in the present tax code will cease to exist. The only things you would be allowed to deduct would be for each member of the household(plus on additional deduction for special needs cases) and family health insurance. But other than that NO DEDUCTIONS.

This years US Budget was about Trillion (that’s 12 zeros) to provide for every man, woman, and child, legal and illegal (about 300M) living in the USA. You do the math, I could have made a mistake. But doesn’t that figure out to be about K each? I don’t know about you but I’m not sure I got my K worth of services out of the Federal Government. How much of that was eaten up in buracracy. But that is an whole ball of worms. Let individuals pay all the taxes. What’s wrong with that idea?
G-gal- If you ask me this is about as fair as tax can get. A flat tax or sales tax hits really hard on the people that can least afford it. 10% tax on someone just over the poverty line knocks them back below the poverty line. 10% tax on someone who makes millions or billions and they never even notice it.
E-smile. Under my idea there would be no advantage to play fast and loose with the companies books. Creative financing goes out the window. Companies only do that to avoid taxes.

OH, and under my system before anyone claims a loss they have to actually lose something. Paper loses don’t count!
To all of you who said it wouldn’t work. If’ I’ve replied to you via E-mail I hope I answered your questions. To all of those I didn’t reply to– Shame on you for not allowing the discussion to continue because YOU wouldn’t allow E-mail.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday his 3.4 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the "tipping point" of recession. His plan foresees 1.4 billion in stimulus to corporate America in measures that include permanently reducing the corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent over two years and allowing businesses to depreciate the value of new equipment purchases faster.

McCain has voiced apprehension over proposals for temporary tax cuts and more spending as suggested by many Democrats and Republicans, saying they result in additional strains on resources. McCain has instead proposed cuts in corporate taxes from 35 percent to 25 percent, extension of Bush’s tax cuts, and elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was enacted to prevent wealthy taxpayers from using many deductions to avoid federal income taxes.
so not only does it seem they favor big business but it is actually their beleive that it is the best way to adress our economic issues.

i now understand how that 0.00 a year that the bush tax cuts have saved me is really due to the added economic growth due to the billions in tax credits given to oil corporations, who have used those credits to help keep the price of food, fuel and transportation down…… due to their brilliant development and research programs and the republican led business revival these oil giants some how managed to see historic profit margins. thanks to those wonderful incentives and republican management of the economy we have seen millions of jobs created
(minimum wage service sector jobs, which don’t come with a pension or 401k or health insurance….)
to make up for the higher pay industrial jobs which have been lost.

i was wrong, i don’t understand how i missed how much the wonderful job done by our leadership in washington had done for us

Conservatives often point out that our corporate tax rates are the second highest in the world. However what they omit is the large amount of deductions and loopholes in the government, the IRS itself concludes that a quarter of corporations in the US don’t pay any corporate taxes at all. In effect even though the tax rate is lower in Ireland corporations pay more due to fewer deductions. Also European countries afford lower corporate tax rates by having MUCH higher taxes on income as well as employer funded entitlements. So are conservatives just misinformed that is it is cheaper to do business in Germany, or are they cherry picking the facts to starve the federal government yet again(by cleverly omitting the other taxes in Europe) and skirt the federal guidelines that are tied to the deductions?

Or are they no longer a reputable source?

From Investor’s Business Daily:

Obama has proposed effective tax increases of 20% or more in the two top income-tax rates, phasing out the personal exemptions and all itemized deductions for top earners, as well as raising their tax rates.

He wants a 33% increase in the tax rates on capital gains and dividends, an increase of 16% to 32% in the top payroll tax rate, reinstatement of the death tax with a 45% top rate, and a new payroll tax on employers estimated at 7% to help finance his health insurance plan. He’s also contending for higher tariffs under his protectionist policies.

Finally, he would increase corporate taxes by 25%, though American businesses already face the second-highest marginal tax rates in the industrialized world, thus directly harming manufacturing and job creation while weakening demand for the dollar.

1. 5% National Sales Tax on ALL goods and services…
2. Eliminating our 10% tax bracket…
3. Exemption for adults up to the POVERTY LINE…
4. 1/2 POVERTY LINE exemption for children…
5. consolidating our tax brackets into three… first, from poverty line to MEDIAN household income would be our new 15% bracket… from MEDIAN income to our current 30% threshold would be our new 25% bracket, and from (THAT NUMBER) and over would be our 35% bracket…
6. Corporate taxes would follow the same as income tax…
7. Businesses would get an immediate write-off on all capital investment. NO DEPRECIATION!
8. The only deductions allowed in our tax code, because of the generous exemption, would be mortgagte interest, retirement savings, and charitable contributions…