[Verse 1] When corporations count their gold at year's end Twenty-one percent will Uncle Sam defend Take your gross income, subtract what you can claim Deductions carved away leave taxable domain From office rent to salaries you've paid These business costs help your tax bill fade [Chorus] Twenty-one flat rate, that's the corporate way Gross minus deductions equals what you pay Fifty, sixty-five, one hundred dividend tiers Section two-four-three makes the math appear Calculate, deduce, then multiply with care Corporate taxes dancing through the fiscal air [Verse 2] Dividends received get special treatment here Fifty percent deduction when ownership's unclear Sixty-five percent when twenty percent you hold One hundred percent deduction when control takes hold Section two-four-three protects what companies earn From double taxation's costly burn [Chorus] Twenty-one flat rate, that's the corporate way Gross minus deductions equals what you pay Fifty, sixty-five, one hundred dividend tiers Section two-four-three makes the math appear Calculate, deduce, then multiply with care Corporate taxes dancing through the fiscal air [Verse 3] Starting up requires special math Section one-nine-five charts the path Organizational costs in two-four-eight Amortize these expenses, don't make them wait Fifteen years to spread what you've spent On lawyers, filing fees, and document [Bridge] Charitable hearts have limits too Ten percent of modified income's due Before you give, check what you've made This ceiling keeps your kindness weighed Then comes CAMT at fifteen percent minimum Since twenty-twenty-three, inflation's premium [Chorus] Twenty-one flat rate, that's the corporate way Gross minus deductions equals what you pay Fifty, sixty-five, one hundred dividend tiers Section two-four-three makes the math appear Calculate, deduce, then multiply with care Corporate taxes dancing through the fiscal air [Outro] From gross to net, the journey's clear Deductions carved throughout the year Twenty-one percent on what remains Unless CAMT breaks your chains
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