Bloomberg: When an Eight-Figure IPO Windfall Can Mean a Zero-Digit Tax Bill

It’s supposed to help young companies attract capital. The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation says the provision costs the U.S. Treasury $1.3 billion a year. “There is no evidence that these sorts of breaks do anything to help the economy in the long run,” says Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “Even in the short run, they are likely to reward investments that would have happened anyway.”

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