Windfall profits tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A windfall profits tax is a higher tax rate on profits that ensue from a sudden windfall gain to a particular company or industry. In the United Kingdom, the Windfall Tax was a tax levied on privati...
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Windfall gain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A windfall gain (or windfall profit ) is any type of income that is unexpected. The list of windfall gains includes, but is not limited to: •Lottery winnings •Unexpected inheritance •Gains from de...
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The Deal Professor examines the arguments for imposing a windfall profits tax on Goldman Sachs, given the government help that it received and the supersized bonuses that it is expected to give out. ... Great piece! The idea of a WINDFALL PROFITS tax would seem to be a “no brainer.” As pointed out here, it is a matter...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/a-windfall-tax-fo... dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/a-windfall-tax-for-goldman-sachs/
Did Nancy Pelosi advocate implementing a 100% windfall tax on stock market profits and retirement income? ... "There is no question these windfall profits and income created by the Bush administration need to be taxed at 100% rate and those dollars redistributed to the poor and working class".
www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/windfall.asp www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/windfall.asp
But experience has shown that hurting big oil is not the way to help consumers, and ideas like the windfall profits tax that have failed before should not be given a second chance.
www.heritage.org/research/energyandenvironment/wm918.cf... www.heritage.org/research/energyandenvironment/wm918.cfm
It started as a joke. But Linda Katz's tumbleweed on-the-Web startup isn't just in Kansas anymore ; ... For labor, Katz uses her five nieces and nephews (aged 11 to 19) to help collect the stuff, and she gives them a share of the profits.
www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/0003/ep3666038.htm
Windfall or supernormal profits are any profits in excess of normal profit and are above and beyond that necessary to keep entrepreneurial resources in their current usage. However, windfall profits are a vital component to a smoothly operating economy.
www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/05/profi... www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/05/profits.html
These large corporate income-tax payments by oil companies undermine the case for a windfall profits tax, but that does not stop some politicians from trying anyway.
www.nationalreview.com/nrof_comment/williams20060213082... www.nationalreview.com/nrof_comment/williams200602130825.asp
Here's a summary of some of the recent discussion about the proposal of a tax on the windfall profits of oil producers. ... The Liberal Order agrees that the windfall profits tax is a real turkey. Altig's earlier and subsequent posts on this topic include links to much of what's been said elsewhere in the blogosphere.
www.econbrowser.com/archives/2005/11/windfall_profit.ht... www.econbrowser.com/archives/2005/11/windfall_profit.html