by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As the national debate shifts away from the immediate issues surrounding the debt ceiling, members of Congress should focus now on the fundamental purpose of government in a free society. Current excesses in federal spending have resulted largely due to the continued...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 25, 2011 | Blogs, Europe, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
CF&P recently released a paper calling on low-tax jurisdictions to resist the OECD. The high-tax European welfare states which control the OECD continue to move the goal posts and devise ever more hoops through which low-tax jurisdictions are expected to jump. As...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 18, 2011 | Blogs, Financial Privacy
Almost ten years after first testifying against a proposal by the IRS to collect unnecessary information from foreign deposit holders, which would then be turned over to foreign governments, I once again represented CF&P and the Coalition for Tax Competition in...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jan 21, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
For the more than a decade the Internal Revenue Service has been chasing after potential U.S. tax evaders by forcing foreign jurisdictions and banks to become deputy tax collectors. From the Know-Your-Customer regulations to the Qualified Intermediary regime, non-U.S....
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 17, 2010 | Blogs, Tax Havens
Recently, I chastised Senator Levin for his assault on so-called “tax havens,” pointing out that Levin’s agenda would fail to benefit small businesses, but instead “place U.S. corporations at a competitive disadvantage in the international marketplace.” Since...
