Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 30
- Latest action
- Sep 11, 2025
What it does
The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025 would increase the corporate income tax rate for companies where the 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 corporations subject to SEC pay ratio reporting rules and, for private companies, those with average annual gross receipts of at least $100 million over the prior three years, requiring them to calculate and report their pay ratio using a five-year average of compensation data. The changes would take effect for…
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Rashida Tlaib
- Adelita Grijalva
- Ayanna Pressley
- Becca Balint
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Chellie Pingree
- Chris Deluzio
- Dan Goldman
- Delia Ramirez
- Eleanor Norton
- Emily Randall
- Frank Pallone
- Grace Meng
- Gregorio Casar
- Ilhan Omar
- James McGovern
- Jared Huffman
- Jesús García
- Jonathan Jackson
- Julia Brownley
- Kweisi Mfume
- Lateefah Simon
- Maxine Dexter
- Pramila Jayapal
- Ro Khanna
- Shri Thanedar
- Steve Cohen
- Summer Lee
- Valerie Foushee
- Yvette Clarke
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