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Who's Paying Corporate Taxes?

A new study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals which corporations are getting a tax break. NBR Washington bureau chief Darren Gersh asks experts to analyze the report and identify the corporate tax winners and losers and what all the numbers mean to the average taxpayer.



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• Cato Institute
  The Cato Institute is "a non-profit public policy research foundation" inspired by the "priciples of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace." The Cato Institute's tax director, Chris Edwards, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report. This links to more information about Chris Edwards, including his speeches, testimony, and opinion and commentary.
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  The mission of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) "is to help improve the performance and assure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people." This links to a summary of the tax study the GAO released on August 12, 2008. The study is titled, "Tax Administration: Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005"
• Senator Byron Dorgan
  Senator Byron Dorgan (D - North Dakota) is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• Tax Policy Center
  The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. It offers "timely, accessible analysis and facts about tax policy to policymakers, journalists, citizens, and researchers." One of the center's senior fellows, Eric Toder, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• Working Knowledge
  Working Knowledge is the online business journal published by Harvard Business School. This links to a July 18, 2005 Q&A with professor Mihir A. Desai titled, "Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?"

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