by CF&P | May 29, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News Singapore to Take Over Top Spot Singapore typically scores near the top in measures of economic liberty. It’s little surprise they are now expected to pass Switzerland as the world’s wealth management...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
In his latest pivot to jobs and the economy, the President spoke earlier today in Tennessee. Much of his speech was tax-spend-and-regulate boilerplate, but he did repackage some of his ideas into a so-called grand bargain. He said he’s willing to cut the corporate tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Mitt Romney is being criticized for supporting “territorial taxation,” which is the common-sense notion that each nation gets to control the taxation of economic activity inside its borders. While promoting his own class-warfare agenda, President Obama recently...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
American companies are hindered by what is arguably the world’s most punitive corporate tax system. The federal corporate rate is 35 percent, which climbs to more than 39 percent when you add state corporate taxes. Among developed nations, only Japan is in the same...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
Since the Clinton Administration turned out to be much more market-oriented than either his GOP predecessor or successor, this isn’t quite a man-bites-dog story. Nonetheless, it is still noteworthy that Elaine Kamarck, a high-level official from the Clinton White...
