by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jul 30, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Despite considerable rhetoric from politicians about cutting spending and reducing the size of government, there’s been little in the way of actual results. At best a few promise for future cuts have been secured, but we know what those are worth. A good measure...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jul 13, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
CF&P’s Brian Garst, in an editorial for the Daily Caller yesterday, observes a disturbing trend in the rhetoric of this year’s Presidential campaign. An unholy alliance of political opportunists and long-time opponents of tax competition has formed and...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 18, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), through its Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, claims that it is working to “ensure that all jurisdictions adhere to the same high standard of international...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 13, 2012 | Blogs, Financial Privacy
The price of American citizenship only seems to get costlier – and I’m not just talking about high taxes. For Americans living or working overseas, excessive US regulations are becoming a disruptive burden, as exemplified by this disclaimer from Swiss PKB...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 7, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
While the two chambers of Congress work to reconcile the differences between their respective transportation bills, CF&P continues to monitor an unrelated tax provision known as the “Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act” that was slipped into the Senate version by...