Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE’s tax plan would cost less and stimulate the economy more than Donald Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE's, a recent analysis found.

“Of the two proposals that we have examined so far, those by Trump and Cruz, we find the Cruz proposal to be the better of the two,” said David Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute and senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. The free-market groups released a report comparing the economic effects of the tax plans from the two Republican presidential candidates.

Trump’s plan would lower the top individual income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 25 percent.

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Cruz’s plan would impose a single individual income tax rate of 10 percent and would eliminate payroll taxes. He would replace the corporate income tax with a 16 percent business flat tax that is often seen as a value-added tax.

One reason why Cruz’s plan would lead to both less revenue loss and more economic efficiency than Trump’s plan is that it "goes further than the Trump plan toward turning the tax code into a tax on consumption,” the report said.

In 2026, Trump’s plan would lower government revenue by about $800 billion, while Cruz’s plan would only cost about $550 billion, according to the report.

Cruz’s plan would increase real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2026 by about 8 percent, while Trump’s plan would only increase real GDP by 2.61 percent, the analysis found.

Both plans would lead to a decline in public-sector jobs but an even larger increase in private-sector jobs. Total employment would increase in 2026 by 1.56 percent under Trump’s plan and by 2.74 percent under Cruz’s plan, according to the report.

Cruz’s plan would also increase business investment and personal income more than Trump’s plan would, the report found.