October 28, 2021
Supporters of the buyback tax acknowledge companies can instead shift spending to regular or special dividends, which would be taxed to the recipients.
“Isn’t that the issue with stock buybacks?” said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive Washington think-tank. Read more
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