[nostromo]

Which is one result of near-zero interest rates.

[jldugger]

Even in a world of non-zero interest rates, there's little reason to store money in corporate accounts instead of shareholder's.

[ac29]

These are small businesses, though. Presumably nearly all of them have no shareholders (at least not the same way large corporations do).

[cryptonector]

Uh, no. If the business is a corporation then it has stockholders, and if it's a small business (meaning probably not interested in being a high-growth company) then it's likely letting all of its earnings pass through to the owner(s) as salary and distributions.

[GauntletWizard]

All the more reason not to keep cash there. The way US corporate taxes work, if you keep cash year-to-year in the business itself, you get taxed on it - And then you get taxed again when you disburse it to yourself.

Remember this the next time you hear a talking head complaining that corporations pay zero taxes.

[whatsmyusername]

Laughs in bankruptcy