by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
When I write an everything-you-need-to-know column, it’s not because I’m under any illusions that I’ve actually amassed all the information one could need on a topic. Instead, it’s just a meme. I’m either writing an in-depth primer on an issue (for instance, spending...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve been at the United Nations this week for both the 14th Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters as well as the Special Meeting of ECOSOC on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. As you might suspect, it would be an...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
Because of his support for big government, I don’t like Donald Trump. Indeed, I have such disdain for him (as well as Hillary Clinton) that I’ve arranged to be out of the country when the election takes place. The establishment media, by contrast, is excited about the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I’ve previously written about the bizarre attack that the European Commission has launched against Ireland’s tax policy. The bureaucrats in Brussels have concocted a strange theory that Ireland’s pro-growth tax system provides “state aid” to companies like Apple (in...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Taxation
European bureaucrats have made a new claim that countries are guilty of providing subsidies if they have low taxes for companies. I’m not joking. This is basically what’s behind the big tax fight between Apple, Ireland, and the European Commission. Here’s what I said...
