by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2023 | Blogs
Folks on the left think it is terrible for nations to be “tax havens.” Since I’ve written many columns defending low-tax jurisdictions (including the moral argument), let’s flip the script today and instead look at “tax hells.” The 1841...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Havens, Taxation
Most people don’t know how to define a “tax haven,” but we assume places with no income tax are on the list. And there’s a lot to admire when looking at jurisdictions such as Bermuda, Monaco, and the Cayman Islands. But what if we want to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In my recent column listing the “Best and Worst News of 2021,” I included Joe Biden’s global tax cartel as one of the awful things that happened in the past 12 months. It’s bad news for workers, consumers, and shareholders that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Remember the supposedly breathtaking revelations from the “Panama Papers” back in 2016? We were told those stolen documents were an indictment against so-called tax havens, but the real lesson was that politicians and other government insiders are very prone...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
I participated in a debate yesterday on “tax havens” for the BBC World Service. If you read last month’s two-part series on the topic (here and here), you already know I’m a big defender of low-tax jurisdictions. But it’s always interesting to interact with people...