by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2017 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Whenever I debate my left-wing friends on tax policy, they routinely assert that taxes don’t matter. They argue that we don’t have to worry about the Laffer Curve because high tax rates don’t discourage taxable income. They argue that we don’t have to worry about...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 6, 2017 | Testimony and Speeches
Written Testimony Submitted by Andrew F. Quinlan President Center for Freedom and Prosperity To the House Committee on Ways and Means hearing on “Increasing U.S. Competitiveness and Preventing American Jobs from Moving Overseas” May 23, 2017 There’s widespread...
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 | Mar 16, 2017 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The multi-faceted controversy over Donald Trump’s taxes has been rejuvenated by a partial leak of his 2005 tax return. Interestingly, it appears that Trump pays a lot of tax. At least for that one year. Which is contrary to what a lot of people have suspected –...
by Brian Garst | Feb 10, 2017 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on February 1, 2017. One of the key separators between U.S. and European tax policy has long been the presence of value-added taxes. That might change thanks to a provision in the proposed blueprint that will serve as...
