Portland’s lame duck city council member passes a bill that taxes companies who’s CEO makes 100 times the median salary of employees.
“Companies will only have to pay it if their CEO makes more than 100 times more than their median worker pay.”
“The new surtax will apply to about 550 publicly traded companies that do business in Portland and pay the city’s business income tax, according to the city Revenue Division.”
Phil Knight and Brian Krzanich won’t be happy.
If the median salary is 50,000, the CEO would have to make less than $5,000,000.
I haven’t had time, nor easily found the definition. If, for example, their components sold it PDX, then they would be. Their offices are located just outside the city of Portland.
I’m not following. A bonus is treated the same way salary is treated in the eyes of the IRS. Each state is different. Stock options are capital gains, which is potentially better for a CEO anyway.
An inequality tax is fucking retarded on its face. What does Portland think it is going to get out of this?
This will also do zero to fix the problem of income inequality, its just an extra tax. No large national or multinational company is going to adjust CEO pay to avoid a tiny tax increase in 1 city even if they were right on the borderline of the pay ratio.
What’s also funny is business will probably adjust this tax into their pricing, so when the city buys directly from them at a slightly higher price they will still brag about the extra tax revenue. But really the tax revenue is canceled out by the new price.
The fact of the matter is historically speaking highest level managers and executives had salaries that were much lower multiples of their employees salaries than today. This does not mean they were paid less, it means that the average worker was compensated better for their labor. I think limiting the salaries is a decent start but we really need to raise wages for the average American across all fields, not just the lowest paying.
This is a very long research article every American should read:
But more important, I wish the average American would wake up and realize that they are getting screwed, that we don’t live in a free market, and you are probably making half of what you should be.
