Portland高管薪酬附加税运行十年 市议会讨论扩大公平份额税
位于俄勒冈州马尔特诺马县的波特兰市，Portland市议会财务与治理全体委员会10月8日举行听证，讨论扩大该市运行十年的高管薪酬比率附加税、推出「公平份额税」的提案。Inequality.org于10月16日刊文记录了这场听证的内容。
Portland的薪酬比率税对高管与普通员工薪酬差距过大的企业征收附加税，是全美同类政策的先行者。作证者萨拉·安德森在听证会上表示，该税十年来运行良好，最可衡量的成效是财政收入：年均约500万美元，用于公共服务。旧金山于2020年采用了类似税制，至少10个州及联邦层面也提出了类似法案。
安德森提出扩大该税的五点理由，包括增加公共服务收入与促使企业缩小薪酬差距。她同时指出，目前难以提供该税显著缩小薪酬差距的证据，企业高管薪酬体系根深蒂固。市议会尚未就扩大方案作出决定。
Portland Weighs Expanding Its Decade-Old CEO Pay Ratio Surtax
Portland is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon. Portland's Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole heard testimony on October 8 on a proposal to expand the city's decade-old CEO pay ratio surtax through a Fair Share Tax, according to an account published by Inequality.org on October 16.
Portland's surtax, the first of its kind in the nation, levies an additional charge on companies whose chief executives are paid far more than their typical workers. Witness Sarah Anderson told the committee the tax has functioned very well over ten years, with revenue generation its main measurable impact, averaging about $5 million per year for public services. San Francisco adopted a similar pay ratio tax in 2020, and legislators have introduced similar bills in at least 10 states and at the federal level.
Anderson gave five reasons for expanding the tax, including raising revenue for public services and encouraging narrower pay gaps, while noting it is hard to provide evidence the tax has narrowed pay gaps, given how entrenched corporate compensation practices are. The council has not yet decided on the expansion proposal.
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