Stock buybacks are the re-acquisition by a company of its own shares. It represents an alternate and more flexible way (relative to dividends) of returning money to shareholders. When used in coordination with increased corporate leverage, buybacks can increase share price. In most countries, a corporation can repurchase its own stock by distributing cash to existing shareholders in exchange for a fraction of the company's outstanding equity; that is, cash is exchanged for a reduction in the number of shares outstanding. The company either retires the repurchas…
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No
@9FW9Y8VProgressive7mos7MO
It allows for a loophole for the people of the highest brackets to not pay taxes, they are scamming the nation and something must be done.
@9FVCWNT7mos7MO
Under regular market conditions, the portion of profits that a company uses to buy back shares has a positive effect on the share price. For instance, a listed company has 1,000 shares of which a shareholder owns 100 a 10% stake.
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No, the biggest beneficiary of stock buybacks are pension funds and mutual funds
@9LYBLHD2wks2W
If corporations are allowed stock buybacks they should be taxed at the degree of their buyback. Furthermore, the companies are making their companies more valuable than what they are.
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@99MT3SV1yr1Y
I don't understand this topic enough to have much of a stance on the issue.
@99FLB4V1yr1Y
I don’t know what this means
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@99FSR4Z1yr1Y
Buybacks I barely know her
@Baileyhargrave1yr1Y
No, because the money for stock buybacks has already been taxed.
@9LJJY8L1mo1MO
Yes. Stock buybacks can inflate a company’s stock price even if its financial performance is low. This can persuade naive investors into buying shares for a company that is conflating its current financial reputation in a positive light with regard to the buybacks
@9KC7KKX3mos3MO
No, conmpanies need their shares back for their benefit. Government should not tax from shares, but firms and households' own money to make sure each of them contribute the government's protection in return.
Government should determine the best way to appropriately tax all individuals and if this is even the best way to add revenue to the country's balance sheet. It should be taken into consideration with all other methods of taxation.
@charlie3sticks 3mos3MO
No - they should end the tyranny of the stock exchange all together so companies can run their business as they intended. They should provide open funding with proportional shares being distributed through a national pension program that is paid out via dividend.
@9HQN3KL 5mos5MO
its not a simple yes or no the question of whether the government should tax stock buybacks involves weighing different factors and considering various viewpoints.
@9DBCJWSLibertarian9mos9MO
I'd need to learn more about the topic before making a decision.
@9D9QR699mos9MO
I am uneducated on this issue.
@9DL84YN9mos9MO
I don't understand the question fully.
@9DKXV4X9mos9MO
Yes, and raise taxes on all stocks purchased
@9DGS3KS9mos9MO
I don't even know what that is.
@9DCZMS39mos9MO
I don't understand this topic enough to pick an answer.
@9DCJCKW 9mos9MO
Not enough knowledge to have an opinion.
@9DBLV5J9mos9MO
No, the government should not tax anything.
@9D86K6S9mos9MO
I'm unsure of the question.
@8ZC9LDJRepublican 9mos9MO
Yes, all stock purchases should be taxed.
Yes, and then abolish private property and ban wealth accumulation
@9D5CHFN9mos9MO
The government needs to stop taxing on ever! They are out of control!
@6VWJ8PP 10mos10MO
No, only in the case of a distributed profits tax.
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@9CL7BWH10mos10MO
Yes, all income should be taxed.
@9CDNYWP11mos11MO
No, but they should investigate the practice
@7YY64YV1yr1Y
Regardless, the government should pass a minimal tax all financial transactions.
Only if it helps the government back someway.
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@99MMB9F1yr1Y
I feel I don’t know much about the situation to pick a side
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@99GRKC8Progressive1yr1Y
No, but capital gains taxed at the same or greater rates as income taxes.
@99GK7TT1yr1Y
i literally do not know what this means
@99G3SFP1yr1Y
They should severely limit them.
@99FQDFK1yr1Y
I do not want to be apart of politics
@99FP5ST1yr1Y
Not too sure one way or the other
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