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Should the government raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

Should the U.S. raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

The U.S. currently levies a 21% tax rate at the federal level and an average tax of 4% at the state and local level. The average corporate tax rate worldwide is 22.6%. Opponents of argue that raising the rate will discourage foreign investment and hurt the economy. Proponents argue that the profits corporations generate should be taxed just like citizen’s taxes.

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Response rates from 826k America voters.

56%
Raise
27%
Lower
47%
Raise
21%
Lower
9%
Keep current rates but eliminate deductions and loop holes
5%
Lower, but eliminate deductions and loop holes
1%
Remove taxes on corporations and tax shareholder dividends instead

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 @8LYMN8Z from Maine  answered…6yrs6Y

Lower for small businesses, raise for big businesses, eliminate deductions, and loop holes

 @95DR529from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Lower for both large multinational corporations and small businesses.

 @8HJRBDY from Colorado  answered…6yrs6Y

Lower as long as the money the company gets in tax backs gets used in the economy to create more jobs

  @7LP98RN  from California  answered…2yrs2Y

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When you click the "Learn More" tab it claims that the corporate tax rate (federal) is 35% but the Trump tax cuts lowered this to 17%. That's an important distinction for people who answer this question that may not have much prior knowledge about the corporate tax rate. Also, the international average is in the low 20%.

 @99R93ZZ from Massachusetts  answered…3yrs3Y

Lower to 15%

 @8HJQJ38 from Colorado  answered…6yrs6Y

There should be an increase depending on the corporations current economic health.

 @9S2PDWW from Virginia  answered…2yrs2Y

The United States should eliminate the loopholes and deductions that allow companies to send their labor force or their facilities overseas to foreign countries, To take advantage of the cheap labor and lack of workers rights. And there should be an increase in corporate taxes here in the United States, but not by much, by 4% at the least and 8% at the most. And we should offer tax deductions For corporations that employ a large number of veterans Or pay decent wages to their workers so they can maintain a minimum standard living in the area they are in.

 @9B8JWDG from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

Raise and if they try to leave make them stay by force

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