Quotes About Revenue

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as well as make filing a comparable breeze.

Cuts in tax rates on individual and company income nearly always produce more revenue, not less.

We've got to have comprehensive tax reform.

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

Nothing says 'economic growth' like fundamental tax reform.

Your tax returns on a yearly basis don't tell you what you're worth. What they show is what your income is.

In 2009, my tax returns showed over $4 million.

The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of. Taxing corporate activity means less investing, less hiring, fewer jobs and a smaller economy, which hurts the rich, the poor and the middle class alike.

The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that in 2016, the corporate income tax raised $300 billion in revenue, while what it called 'targeted subsidies' cost about $270 billion. In other words, Congress could eliminate the subsidies and cut the corporate rate nearly in half without any significant loss in revenue.

A huge part of Apple profits generated in Europe, in African countries, Middle East, and India were all booked in Ireland. And I think it is a very basic principle in taxation that your profits are taxed where the profits are generated.

The biggest source of getting the country to a balanced budget is not by raising taxes or by cutting spending. It's by encouraging the growth of the economy.

I think for some, the very wealthiest among us, for corporations, taxes are too low.

I'm not going to raise taxes.

If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

From an emotional standpoint it's very easy to say don't raise taxes, and no one wants to raise taxes.

More people working and paying taxes reduces government expenditures and helps us move a little closer to balance.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.

The easy way out is to increase taxes.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.