by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2015 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
Citing the work of David Burton and Richard Rahn, I warned last July about the dangerous consequences of allowing governments to create a global tax cartel based on the collection and sharing of sensitive personal financial information. I was focused on the danger to...
by CF&P | May 1, 2015 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News… 21 Free Market Groups Call for Defunding OECD Led by CF&P, the Coalition for Tax Competition calls for defunding the OECD in a new letter. Receiving 21% of its funding from American taxpayers, the OECD increasingly works to oppose tax...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Apr 29, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on April 29, 2015. Like the mythical Hydra, the serpent-like creature of Greek lore known for regrowing two heads when one was cut off, threats to the freedom of the Internet appear to be growing quicker than they can be...
by Brian Garst | Apr 24, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on April 22, 2015. After years of upheaval in the financial sector, taxpayer confusion, and widespread international angst, the IRS has finally unveiled its FATCA registration and reporting system. The system is known...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s not uncommon for people to accuse libertarians of using “scare tactics” and “hyperbole.” They say we present “worst-case scenarios” of what happens when government gets involved, such as when I warn that a value-added tax would become a revenue machine for big...
