German term (edited): Steuersubstrat (CH)

Assuming this is Switzerland, I had seen substrate or substratum either in connection with geology, architecture or company objects i.e. disappearance of the substratum of a corporate business for which the co. was set up.'

Note the Austrian trans. of Steuerbemessungsgrundlage in the 2nd web ref.


'Re: US Federal Corporate tax revenue observation...
February 06, 2008 01:31PM Registered: 2 years ago
Posts: 63

Coltrane Wrote:
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> As the rich get richer, they pay higher
> percentages of taxes. Those stats really
> illustrate the massive divide that continues to
> grow between the upper class and the increasingly
> non-existent middle class.


Right, that's a good point. It could be argued though that this was still a benefit for rich and poor alike because it increased the *tax revenue pool*. Had tax revenue actually decreased then it could have been argued that this was bad for the poor from a tax revenue standpoint. Apparently Bush set the tax rate on corporations at a more optimal level in the past.'