New Tax Isn't Affecting Companies' Stock-Buyback Decisions

Instead, most see Democrats' 1% levy on buybacks as "part of the cost of doing business."

By Laura Davison | October 03, 2022 at 12:54 PM

A new tax created by Democrats to slow the record pace of stock buybacks has been largely shrugged off by corporations, which see the 1 percent excise levy as a minor cost of doing business.

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