by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a fan of the International Monetary Fund, in part because the international bureaucracy is infamous for pressuring nations to impose higher taxes. The bureaucrats at the IMF have even claimed that higher taxes somehow will...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2022 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
About 14 years ago, I narrated this video about the flat tax and national sales tax (sometimes referred to as a “Fair Tax”). I used the video as an opportunity to explain that both plans effectively rip up the current internal revenue code. And both would solve...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2022 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
At the state level, we have another victory for good tax policy. I wrote last month that Iowa might replace its discriminatory tax regime with a simple and fair flat tax. And I pointed out that this reform would help the state jump several spots in...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last year about an encouraging trend of lower tax rates at the state level. As you can see from this map, one of the states moving in the right direction is Iowa. But Governor Kim Reynolds isn’t satisfied with just lowering tax rates, which is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
One of my traditions, which started in 2013, is to share the year’s best and worst policy outcomes of the past 365 days. For instance, last year I celebrated Boris Johnson’s landslide victory in the United Kingdom and also was very happy that Colorado voters preserved...
