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1 Amir El-Sibaie, Corporate and Individual Tax Expenditures 1 (2017)

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FISCAL
FACT
No. 556
Aug. 2017


Corporate and Individual


Tax Expenditures


Amir  EI-Sibaie
Analyst


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*  A tax expenditure is a departure from the normal tax code that lowers a
   taxpayer's burden, such as an exemption, a deduction, or a credit.

*  The  list of tax expenditures in a tax system depends heavily on what one
   considers the normal tax code to be.

*  Some  tax expenditures are special preferences for particular kinds of
   economic  activity. These may deserve elimination in order to fund broader
   tax relief, or they may be better off as spending programs for the purpose of
   more  transparent government  accounting.

*  Some  tax expenditures are attempts to change the U.S. tax system more
   broadly, often moving the tax code closer to systems employed by other
   OECD   countries. These piecemeal efforts to change the U.S. tax code suggest
   that a broad reform to redefine the tax base would be welcome.

*  The  largest individual tax expenditures tend to prioritize health, housing, and
   individual saving.

*  The  largest corporate tax expenditure is deferral, which moves the worldwide
   system  of corporate taxation closer to the territorial system used by most
   other OECD   nations.

*  The  total cost of tax expenditures from 2016-2026 is $18.4 trillion, with $2.7
   trillion in corporate expenditures and $15.6 trillion in individual expenditures.

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