by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
When I give speeches and presentations about fiscal policy, I explain that a sensible tax system should be based on these principles. Low marginal tax rates on productive behavior. No double taxation of saving and investment. No corrupt and distorting...
by Brian Garst | Jul 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, Taxation
Sound tax policy is hard to find these days. As CF&P has extensively covered, Congress included the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act as part of the HIRE Act, passed in March 2010. FATCA takes a fundamentally wrong-headed approach to tax policy. Rather than...
by CF&P | Jun 20, 2006 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
June 2006, Vol. VI, Issue V Making Section 911 Universal is Good Economic Policy and Good Tax Policy By Yesim Yilmaz Introduction America is one of the few nations to tax citizens who live and work abroad. Indeed, no other industrialized nation imposes a second layer...
by CF&P | May 25, 2005 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
May 2005, Vol. V, Issue I Territorial Taxation for Overseas Americans: Section 911 Should Be Unlimited, Not Curtailed The United States is among the tiny handful of nations that imposes double-taxation on the labor income that individuals earn in other nations –...