TAILIEUCHUNG - Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945

High skill and talent levels are crucial for economic success. The skill levels of both the current overall workforce and people entering the workforce from the education system are important. Management and leadership skills impact substantially on organisational performance. According to the Management Matters study, management practices in New Zealand manufacturing rank 10th of 14 OECD countries covered. People management is particularly weak. A skilled and educated workforce is also important. The proportion of the population aged 25–64 years with a bachelor’s degree in New Zealand has increased rapidly since 2001 and is above the OECD mean. The proportion of the. | Taxes and the Economy An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945 Thomas L. Hungerford Specialist in Public Finance September 14 2012 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 R42729 CRS Report for Congress------------- Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Taxes and the Economy An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945 Summary Income tax rates have been at the center of recent policy debates over taxes. Some policymakers have argued that raising tax rates especially on higher income taxpayers to increase tax revenues is part of the solution for long-term debt reduction. For example the Senate recently passed the Middle Class Tax Cut S. 3412 which would allow the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire for taxpayers with income over 250 000 200 000 for single taxpayers . The Senate recently considered legislation the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012 S. 2230 that would implement the Buffett rule by raising the tax rate on millionaires. Other recent budget and deficit reduction proposals would reduce tax rates. The President s 2010 Fiscal Commission recommended reducing the budget deficit and tax rates by broadening the tax base the additional revenues from broadening the tax base would be used for deficit reduction and tax rate reductions. The plan advocated by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan that is embodied in the House Budget Resolution . 112 the Path to Prosperity also proposes to reduce income tax rates by broadening the tax base. Both plans would broaden the tax base by reducing or eliminating tax expenditures. Advocates of lower tax rates argue that reduced rates would increase economic growth increase saving and investment and boost productivity increase the economic pie . Proponents of higher tax rates argue that higher tax revenues are necessary for debt reduction that tax rates on the rich are too low . they violate the Buffett rule and that higher tax rates on the rich would moderate increasing .

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