by CF&P | Jun 19, 2015 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News… Can The United States Kill BEPS? The OECD’s Base Erosion and Profiting Shifting (BEPS) project is getting so extreme it’s even alienating statists at the US Treasury Department....
by Brian Garst | Sep 5, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
The Center for Freedom & Prosperity has joined a coalition of state and national organizations in calling on Washington to pass a permanent extension of the Internet Tax Moratorium. Signed by over 40 organization’s, the coalition letter urges Congress to...
by Brian Garst | May 9, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Marketplace Fairness Act, a misguided attempt to allow expanded sales tax collection online, passed the Senate on Monday, though its fate in the House is less clear. Also less clear is whether the law passes constitutional muster. At the very least it severely...
by Dan Mitchell | May 8, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’m either a total optimist or a glutton for punishment. I recently explained the benefits of “tax havens” for the unfriendly readers of the New York Times. Now I’m defending a different form of tax competition for CNN, another news outlet that leans left. In this...
by Brian Garst | Feb 15, 2013 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Like so many bad ideas in Washington, the recently introduced “Marketplace Fairness Act” has bipartisan support. But there’s nothing fair about allowing states to reach outside their borders to tax businesses headquartered elsewhere. In fact, the...
