Who bears most of the economic burden of corporate income taxes?
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 75% of corporate income taxes are borne by stockholders in the form of lower profits, and 25% are borne by workers in the form of lower wages. This is not a universally accepted conclusion, but it falls in the middle of scholarly opinion on this subject.
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