* Homes in the bottom third in terms of
effective tax rates saw values increase faster -- an average 42 percent over five years, 5 percent in the past year.
A ratio in this range would reflect an
effective tax rate of 2.5-3 per cent, lower than the 5 per cent statutory rate, owing to expected administrative inefficiencies and the ability countries have to exempt and zero-rate selected sectors," international ratings agency SandP said in a note on Sunday.
"In New York, a $1 million commercial property faces an
effective tax rate that is 4.1 times higher than a median valued home, while a $600,000 apartment building has an
effective tax rate that is 5.0 times higher.
For more detailed analysis, the
effective tax rates based on asset groups (i.e., big to small) and leverage groups (i.e., high to low) in quartiles was also presented.
"Viewing tax reform through the lens of
effective tax rates will highlight the inequities in the current code for all kinds of businesses--both large and small--and illustrate the need for a simplified and fairer tax system."
Mark Schichtel, senior vice president and chief tax officer of Time Warner Cable, Inc., says, "Like most companies, we are strongly influenced by tax incentives that improve our GAAP financial reporting metrics, such as our reported income,
effective tax rate, and earnings per share." Schichtel mentions the research credit and Section 199 domestic production incentive as examples, adding, "Given the capital intensity of our business, we rely even more on timing incentives that do not impact GAAP financial reporting, such as expensing and accelerated depreciation, which significantly enhance our actual cash flows and our ability to invest."
corporations that report high foreign profits and low
effective tax rates.
An analysis by NHBR of the amount 13 locally based, publicly traded companies paid in taxes in fiscal year 2010 shows they had an average
effective tax rate of 24 percent.
This article relies primarily on the
effective tax rates computed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
multinational to reduce
effective tax rates (in some cases significantly) on non-U.S.
However, the
effective tax rates applied to electricity cannot be less than 50% of the relevant EU minimum rates as from 1 1/1/2007
Between 1979 and 1997,
effective tax rates dropped for all income levels.
