Obama proposes permanent, refundable credit for renewables

President Barack Obama's new corporate taxation plan proposes a permanent, refundable production tax credit for renewable energy, while cutting subsidies to oil and gas companies in another signal that he is making energy a campaign issue even as rising gasoline prices open the door to Republican attacks.

With US gas prices climbing toward $4 a gallon ($1.05 a litre) on concern over Iran, declining US refining capacity and the approach of the high-demand summer driving season, the Obama administration called for repeal of preferential tax treatment for oil and gas companies, among dozens of other subsidies and loopholes in the corporate tax code, while reducing the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. Manufacturers would see tax rates dip to 25%.

"The effective tax rate on an investment in buildings or other structures by a manufacturing company might…

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