by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall on March 2, 2017. History has shown that the defenders of liberty and limited government must remain forever on guard. One reason for this is the tendency of politicians to grab little known or previously defeated ideas off the shelf...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2017 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Taxation
Republicans promised voters all sorts of pro-growth reforms. They assured us that they learned a lesson about the dangers of expanding government and calling it “compassionate conservatism.” Give us control of both Congress and the White House, they said before the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) arguably is the worst feature of the internal revenue code. It’s an odious example of fiscal imperialism that is based on a very bad policy agenda. But there is something even worse, a Multilateral Convention on Mutual...
by CF&P | Nov 9, 2015 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
Low-tax jurisdictions are facing heavy pressure on multiple fronts. The G20, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations, the European Union, and even the United States are pursuing projects aimed at compelling other...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
Most normal Americans have never heard of the “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” project being pushed by the tax-loving bureaucrats at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But in the world of tax policy, BEPS is suddenly attracting a...
