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TreasonousBastard

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3. Me neither, but in many cases it is the bulk of CEO compensation...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:06 AM

Dec 2016

And there's performance bonuses, where additional taxation could be counter-productive.

At any rate, it's a cool sound bite for a complicated situation that no politician ever feels obligated to explain or put into effect

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Taking on income inequality with a CEO pay tax [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP

Define CEO pay. Does it include stock options, capital gains, and pension tricks? TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #1

I'm not a tax accountant, but I believe all of those fit under deferred compensation. nt TexasTowelie Dec 2016 #2

Me neither, but in many cases it is the bulk of CEO compensation... TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #3

So if a CEO makes too much, a business ends up paying .2% additional tax Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #4