by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
Speaking in Europe earlier this year, I tried to explain the entire issue of tax competition is less than nine minutes. To some degree, those remarks were an updated version of a video I narrated back in 2010. You’ll notice that I criticized the Organization for...
by Brian Garst | Aug 3, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on August 2, 2019. If you read any new tax policy reports produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), or listen to its public communications, you are likely to encounter the word...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 2, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on August 2, 2019. The 20th OECD Forum was held 20-21 May in Paris. This year’s theme was World in EMotion, which “aimed to reflect on how globalisation and digitalisation are stirring perceptions, emotions and responses...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Proponents of bigger government sometimes make jaw-dropping statements. I even have collections of bizarre assertions by both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. What’s especially shocking is when statists twist language, such as when they claim all income is the...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 8, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on May 7, 2019. The Inclusive Framework on BEPS announced agreement to continue working towards a new long-term solution by 2020 to tax challenges arising from digitalisation. A policy note released after the Jan. 23-24...
