The Disappearing State Corporate Income Tax

49 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2006

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Gary C. Cornia

Brigham Young University - J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Management

Kelly D. Edmiston

Center for Insurance Policy & Research / NAIC; University of Missouri Department of Economics

David L. Sjoquist

Georgia State University

Sally Wallace

Georgia State University - Department of Economics; University of Pretoria

Date Written: December 2004

Abstract

This paper examines alternative explanations for the decline over the past two decades in state corporate income taxes relative to the state economy. We employ a survey of state tax administrators, individual tax returns from Georgia and Utah, and panel data to explore the importance of tax policy, tax planning, and economic factors on the trend in state corporate taxes. We find that corporate tax planning and economic factors account for much of the relative decline and that state tax policy changes are important factors. However, federal tax changes had only a modest effect during this period.

Suggested Citation

Cornia, Gary Carlos and Edmiston, Kelly D. and Sjoquist, David L. and Wallace, Sally, The Disappearing State Corporate Income Tax (December 2004). Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 06-27, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=895140 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.895140

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