Three Cheers for Passthrough Taxation

Table of Contents Cheer One: Technical Legitimacy Cheer Two: Horizontal Equity Cheer Three: Fairness Alternative Revenue-Generating Solution Conclusion Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently suggested that some sort of entity-level tax should be imposed on subchapter S corporations and tax partnerships.[1] Others expressed support for that proposal at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing held on March 3.2 Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, D-Mont., added that passthroughs may have…