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Ron Wyden: “The tax bill gave a windfall to those tax dodgers by allowing deferred profits to be taxed at the bargain basement rate…”

On the recordApril 23, 2018
The tax bill gave a windfall to those tax dodgers by allowing deferred profits to be taxed at the bargain basement rate of either 8 or 15.5 percent
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the unfair tax benefits for corporations under the new tax bill.

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