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title: "Tax Reform for U.S. Manufacturing"
summary: |-
  Corporate tax reform is essential to improve U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
date: "2014-02-12"
issues: ["Taxes and Budget", "Manufacturing"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/02/12/tax-reform-us-manufacturing/"
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# Tax Reform for U.S. Manufacturing

The United States has one of the highest effective corporate tax rates in the world, especially for manufacturers. If we want to improve competitiveness and job growth this has to change.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/02/12/tax-reform-us-manufacturing/*