OECD Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth, Acknowledges that Tax Competition Restrains Excessive Government

by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic agenda. Most recently, it...

Appeasement Unlikely to Save Hong Kong From OECD’s Radical Agenda

by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 9, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary

This article appeared in Harbour Times on May 9, 2013, and was coauthored by Brian Garst. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tried numerous strategies to compel low-tax nations to raise tax rates and eliminate financial privacy, or to...

Explaining to the Kleptocrats on Capitol Hill that Tax Havens Should Be Emulated, not Persecuted

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation

Since I just left Monaco and am now in Geneva, this is an appropriate time to extol the virtues of so-called tax havens.   But I don’t merely say nice things about low-tax jurisdictions when I’m in friendly environments. I believe in swinging my sword in the...

Targeting Multinationals, the OECD Launches New Scheme to Boost the Tax Burden on Business

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation

I’ve been very critical of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Most recently, I criticized the Paris-based bureaucracy for making the rather remarkable assertion that a value-added tax would boost growth and employment. But that’s just the tip...

OECD Moves to Undo Taxpayer Gains

by Brian Garst | Mar 8, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

Thanks to tax competition and beginning with the cuts under Reagan and Thatcher, global tax rates have declined over the last several decades. In order to remain economically competitive, politicians have had to refrain from the excessive fleecing of taxpayers and...