The roots of a corporate tax -- From industry taxes to corporate taxes -- Corporate tax at the turn of the century -- The rise of the separate corporate tax -- Nonrecognition and the corporate tax shield -- The origins of double taxation -- The lost moment in corporate tax reform -- The present and future of corporate income taxation.
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This historical account of the evolution of the corporate income tax in America explains the origins of corporate income tax. Banks shows that political, economic, and social forces transformed it from a sword against evasion of the individual income tax to a shield against government and shareholder interference.
From sword to shield.
9780195326192
Corporations-- Taxation-- Law and legislation-- United States-- History.
Corporations-- Taxation-- Law and legislation-- United States.