President Joe Biden's proposal to raise the corporate tax rate may be primarily aimed at large corporations, but not all small businesses will escape the rate hikes if the plan is approved. While the majority of the more than 30 million small businesses in the U.S. are pass-through entities in which tax obligations are passed to the owners, 1.4 million of them are organized as C corporations and are subject to the corporate tax, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In the insurance and finance sectors, there were 80,000 small-business C-corps with more than 705,000 employees in 2017, the Chamber reports, citing Census data. The Chamber — the biggest lobbying group in the U.S., representing millions of businesses — recently launched an initiative to analyze how Biden's proposed tax increases will affect small businesses of every segment of the economy, including insurance, construction, health care, real estate and finance. As part of its initiative, the Chamber is providing each state delegation information on how many employers in their state would see their taxes increase, including how many small businesses with fewer than 500 employees will be affected. The proposal to raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% was originally intended to fund Biden's plan to upgrade the nation's infrastructure but was jettisoned as part of a bipartisan deal. Washington insiders have said, however, that the tax hike plan could be revived later. In the gallery above are the states where there are the most small businesses organized as C-corps, according to the Chamber, which gathered data from the IRS and the Census Bureau. Related: |
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Melanie Waddell
Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2024. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
