Companies who want to build more locations in areas outside of a certain radius or area from their headquarters should be required to pay a monthly tax to keep using that property.
This defined “radius” or “area” could be tiered depending on how far it is.
This tax would be progressive, so instead of the tax being a flat rate, it would apply to the companies profits, and these taxes would be paid to the local government if its within the same state, to both the local government and to the state that location is built if its built outside of the state, or the federal, state, and local government if its an international company.
Radius (miles)
- More than 250 but less than 400
- 0.005% tax
- More than 400 but less than 700
- 0.001%
- More than 700
- 0.0015%
Area
- Outside of city
- 0.001% tax
- Outside of county
- 0.0015% tax
- Outside of state
- 0.005% tax
- International
- 0.001% (of their domestic profits)
These taxes would be capped at $10,000,000,000, and industries such as healthcare and utilities would be entirely except.
These taxes would also apply to a franchise if it is owned by a larger corporation.
For instance, if franchise X is owned by corporation Y, then Y would have to pay that tax, even if X is the actual location.
Note: These regulations would have to be altered to not harm Alaska or Hawaii, along with the territories, too much, since those states are not part of the contiguous United States and the radius taxes might harm them too much.