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To: Ira Player who wrote (9955)6/11/2001 6:32:45 PM
From: Zeev Hed  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10921
 
Ira, you just discovered the biggest tax loophole corporations are using, share buy backs. Two years ago or so, when I needed to show that stocks, based on dividends are not really expensive, I calculated the pretax dividends for few companies, like MRK, that buy their shares in the market almost every year. It turned out that at the time, MRK had a yield of 8% before taxes, despite the fact that they paid a measly 1.3% dividends. One of these days, someone will get smart in congress and they will close this loophole.

Zeev



To: Ira Player who wrote (9955)6/11/2001 6:53:15 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 10921
 
I understand my proposal is rather radical and it is natural to be resisted. Needless to say also that if it were to be implemented, some changes to other areas of taxation and banking are needed. But to answer your question, I have no problems with all the money being kept in a tax free corporate account. There is only one use for the money and that is to spend it. What do you think will happen to the money that would be sitting in the corporate coffers? At worst, it'll sit in a bank and gets used by people who need the credit, thereby decreasing the interest rates and enhancing our financial stability. Doesn't sound so bad, does it? At best, the company will use it to invest in leading technologies or new enterprises, which will assure continued innovation and a robust economy (and more profits to be either distributed and taxed or be added to the banks').

BTW, "rich" people already do what your fear. It is called a holding company and there are many options open to them under that umberela. Some of my close relatives are professional financial planners so I get to hear about all sorts of financial strategies often. The super rich keep such companies in Bermuda and other tax havens. This is a depletion of national currency base. Your average run of the mill multimillionair uses a local holding company that declares the owner as its most important asset, and proceeds to insure the owner and provide him with many tax free perks.

As it was also pointed out, corporations do not really pay taxes. They pass it along to the consumers.

So we are not really preventing anything or bringing any benefit to the public through corporate taxes. Surprisingly, getting rid of corporate taxes is far more beneficial to the average Joe than than to the wealthy.

ST