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...

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...

New OECD Report Calls For Crippling New Corporate Tax Rules

by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 8, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary

This article appeared in Forbes on March 8, 2013. Bureaucrats at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently conjured a problem to justify a new assault on tax competition. In a recent report titled, “Addressing Base Erosion...

OECD Outlines New Assault on Tax Competition

by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 27, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

The bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently conjured a new problem to justify yet another assault on tax competition. Beholden to the interests of high-tax European welfare nations, the OECD has repeatedly sought,...