America’s Corporate Tax System Ranks a Miserable 94 out of 100 Nations in “Tax Attractiveness”

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation

I’ve relentlessly complained that the United States has the highest corporate tax rate among all developed nations. And if you look at all the world’s countries, our status is still very dismal. According to the the Economist, we have the second highest corporate tax...

Final Score: Dwight Howard 8,000,000 – Jerry Brown 0

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

feel sorry for the people of California.  They’re in a state that faces a very bleak future. And why does the Golden State have a not-so-golden outlook? Because interest groups have effective control of state and local political systems and they use their power to...

The Very High Cost of Government Regulation and Red Tape

by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market

In prior posts, I’ve shared some remarkable numbers on the cost of regulation. Americans spend 8.8 billion hours every year filling out government forms. The economy-wide cost of regulation is now $1.75 trillion. For every bureaucrat at a regulatory agency, 100 jobs...

The Tax Foundation 1 – New York Times 0

by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation

Whether it’s American politicians trying to extort more taxes from Apple or international bureaucrats trying to boost the tax burden on firms with a global corporate tax return, the left is aggressively seeking to impose harsher fiscal burdens on the business...

Four Reasons to Applaud Apple’s Tax Planning

by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

The Senate is holding a Kangaroo Court designed to smear Apple for not voluntarily coughing up more tax revenue than the company actually owes. Here are four things you need to know. Apple is fully complying with the tax law. There is no suggestion that Apple has done...