Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Sep 16, 2025
What it does
The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025 would increase the corporate income tax rate for companies whose CEO or highest-paid employee earns more than 50 times the median worker’s compensation, with the tax increase rising incrementally based on the pay ratio—from 0.5 percentage points for ratios over 50-to-1 up to 5 percentage points for ratios over 500-to-1. The bill applies to all corporations, including those not required to file with the SEC, with large private corporations (average annual gross receipts of $100 million or more) required to calculate and report their pay ratio under Treasury regulations, while smaller private corporations are exempt. The changes would take effect for…
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