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highplainsdem

(48,993 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 02:16 PM Dec 2019

Biden to Target Tax-Avoiding Companies Like Amazon With Minimum Federal Levy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-04/biden-to-target-tax-avoiding-companies-with-minimum-federal-levy


Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden plans to pay for $3.2 trillion in policy proposals with new and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, including a measure targeting companies like Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. that have reported paying no federal income taxes in recent years.

The so-called minimum book tax, which his team estimates would raise $400 billion over a decade, would be coupled with increases in the top individual and corporate rates that Biden has already promised, according to a copy of the proposal obtained by Bloomberg News.

The plan also details his call to end loopholes worth hundreds of billions of dollars and other breaks, including stepped up basis so that individuals can no longer pass on appreciated property without having to pay tax on the gain. The document also outlines Biden’s plan to double the global intangible low tax income rate, known as Gilti, and capping the value of breaks for wealthy taxpayers. He also calls for $200 billion in sanctions on countries that “facilitate illegal corporate tax avoidance.”

With the proposal, Biden’s campaign is seeking to show a full list of taxes and other revenue-raising proposals that would pay for all of his spending plans -- a test he has set for his Democratic rivals, especially Senator Elizabeth Warren and her Medicare for All plan.

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Much more at the link.
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Biden to Target Tax-Avoiding Companies Like Amazon With Minimum Federal Levy (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 2019 OP
Good. Glad to see that our candidates are addressing this. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #1
Great idea...business is getting away with paying for nothing. Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #2
Thank you, Joe Biden! Cha Dec 2019 #3
With all due respect, how often gave we heard promises crazytown Dec 2019 #4
 

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
1. Good. Glad to see that our candidates are addressing this.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 02:25 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)
2. Great idea...business is getting away with paying for nothing.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 03:52 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(297,275 posts)
3. Thank you, Joe Biden!
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 07:18 PM
Dec 2019

KR.. Mahalo, hpd!

If I were to vote in a presidential
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crazytown

(7,277 posts)
4. With all due respect, how often gave we heard promises
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 10:35 PM
Dec 2019

to close loopholes? The problem is, those very loopholes were carried out by well connected, well financed interests in the first placed.. It is easier to raise general rates, than to convince congress people to vote against the special interests that own them.

Every Dem I can remember has promised to allow Medicare to bargain with drug companies, but there are not the votes in Congress. Big Parma contributes big money to both sides, and has a vast army of lobbyists to kill every bill.

Warren has detailed proposals to tackle the influence of lobbyists. Biden and Buttigieg, not so much.

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