by Bruce Zagaris | Mar 11, 2019 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Why the U.S. and the Worldwide Tax Systems Have Run Amok By Bruce Zagaris* The ever-growing complexity and reach of the U.S. tax system impinges on the ability of U.S. taxpayers to live abroad, work abroad, open bank accounts abroad, or conduct business...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Much to the consternation of some Republicans, I periodically explain that the Trump Administration is – at best – a mixed blessing for supporters of limited government. It’s not just that Trump is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover, though that’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2019 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I shared data a couple of weeks ago showing that Florida is the freest state in America (for both overall freedom and economic freedom) while New York is in last place (in both categories). Well, it seems that freedom has consequences when people can “vote with their...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 6, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on February 4, 2019. A regional meeting for the Inclusive Framework on BEPS was held Nov. 7-9, 2018, in Yerevan, Armenia. Over 60 delegates from 16 countries attended, where they discussed recent developments as regards...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Like most taxpayer-supported international bureaucracies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has a statist orientation. The Paris-based OECD is particularly bad on fiscal policy and it is infamous for its efforts to prop up Europe’s...
