by Brian Garst | Jan 30, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on January 29, 2016. Problems with the OECD’s work on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) are numerous and will likely lead to a variety of negative consequences. Most obvious is the wasted effort put into a massive...
by Brian Garst | Jan 18, 2016 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The famous Shakespeare quote is what comes to mind for Herman B. Bouma, Esq. when he thinks of BEPS, according to his article in BNA. We don’t share his conclusions about what ultimately ails the international tax landscape, but his critique of the OECD and the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
Given what I wrote the other day about the statist proclivities of the OECD, here’s an item that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Even though South Africa already has an excessive burden of government, the Paris-based bureaucracy wants that nation to impose even higher...
by CF&P | Dec 29, 2015 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 29, 2015 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Comments on Boustany’s BEPS Act (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 29, 2015) The Center for Freedom and Prosperity...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
It’s time to criticize my least-favorite international bureaucracy. Regular readers probably know that I’m not talking about the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, or World Bank. Those institutions all deserve mockery, but I think the Paris-based...