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From: Enrique Diaz-Alvarez
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00
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zik@enoch.cl.msu.edu (Ed Symanzik) wrote: >Is it correct that the corporate income tax is 33%? I've seen estimates the >last couple of days that this adds anywhere from 30% to 50% to the end cost >of goods. Even at 30% with an 18% sales tax you save $10 on every $100 spent. > How can this be true? The corporate income tax applies to profits only, which are a small fraction of revenues -usually less than 10%. (Just asking) -- Enrique Diaz-Alvarez Office # (607) 255 5034 Dept. of Electrical Engineering Home # (607) 758 8962 112 Phillips Hall Fax # (607) 255 4565 Cornell University enrique@ee.cornell.edu http://peta.ee.cornell.edu/~enrique
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 105ecf,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 10dda6,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dda6,public X-Google-Thread: 10d662,fe496bb546a1da4c X-Google-Attributes: gid10d662,public X-Google-Thread: 104eff,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: 104158,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104158,public X-Google-Thread: 105dfd,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105dfd,public X-Google-Thread: fa7f5,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f5,public X-Google-Thread: ffe14,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidffe14,public From: Enrique Diaz-Alvarez <enrique@ee.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: National Sales Tax - An Alternative? Date: 1995/12/01 Message-ID: <49n6pq$1tv@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> X-Deja-AN: 120586057 sender: ed21@cornell.edu (Verified) references: <490s4o$eku@nexus.coast.net> <499sg8$elm@villa.fc.net> <DMEYERS.95Nov30130038@panix.panix.com> <49n3ul$1urh@msunews.cl.msu.edu> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Cornell University x-url: news:49n3ul$1urh@msunews.cl.msu.edu mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: mi.misc,alt.politics.usa.misc,alt.activism,talk.politics.misc,ca.politics,dc.politics,ne.politics,nj.politics,pa.politics,triangle.politics,misc.taxes,ny.politics x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.01 9000/735)