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Most countries levy an individual income tax whose tax base includes dividends (distributions to shareholders paid out of corporate profits). As a general rule, these countries at the same time treat corporations for tax purposes as entities separate from their shareholders and levy a corporation income tax under which corporate profits are taxed to corporations as they are earned. The term “integration” relates to the reciprocal relationship between the corporation income tax and the individual income tax. As commonly used in the context of taxation, integration refers to a variety of tax techniques that, while different in form, have a common aim: the elimination or the reduction of the “extra” burden of the corporation income tax on distributed profits.
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McLure, however, concludes that “even though a number of important details remain for clarification, in comparison to alternative methods for achieving full integration of the corporate and personal taxes, the general approach advocated by the Carter Commission has the crucial advantage of administrative feasibility.” McLure, “Integration of the Personal and Corporate Income Taxes: The Missing Element in Recent Tax Reform Proposals,” 88 Harvard Law Review 532, 573 (1975).
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Norr, M. (1982). Integration of Corporation and Individual Income Taxes: Arguments For and Against. In: The Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4502-4_3
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