by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2011 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Another American company has decided to expatriate for tax reasons. This process has been going on for decades, with companies giving up their U.S. charters (a form of business citizenship) and redomiciling in low-tax jurisdictions such as Bermuda, Ireland,...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
According to an article in the New York Times, the Obama Administration is seriously examining a proposal to reduce America’s anti-competitive 35 percent corporate tax rate. The Obama administration is preparing to inject an unpredictable new variable into its...
by CF&P | Mar 28, 2011 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
General Electric has received a lot of unwelcome attention for paying zero federal income tax in 2010, even though it reported $5.1 billion in U.S. profits. This is a good news-bad news situation. The good news is that GE’s clever tax planning deprived the government...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Capital Gains, Flat Tax, Taxation
Here’s a video arguing for the abolition of the corporate income tax. The visuals are good and it touches on key issues such as competitiveness. I do have one complaint about the video, though it is merely a sin of omission. There is not enough attention paid to the...
