by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation
People pay every single penny of tax that politicians impose on corporations. The investors that own companies obviously pay (more than one time!) when governments tax profits. The workers employed by companies obviously pay, both directly and indirectly, because of...
by CF&P | Sep 18, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News Stop Complaining About Businesses Moving Abroad Eric Schlecht argues that America needs to become competitive again if it wishes to keep companies from fleeing overseas....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve complained over and over again that America’s tax code is a nightmare that undermines competitiveness and retards growth. Our aggregate fiscal burden may not be as high as it is for many of our foreign competitors, but high tax rates and poor design mean the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 8, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
Since I spend considerable time defending tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy, people sometimes think I can give competent advice on how best to protect one’s income from the IRS. Hardly. Like most people in Washington, I’m all theory and no...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last month, I put together a list of six jaw-dropping examples of left-wing hypocrisy, one of which featured Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. He made the list for having the chutzpah to criticize corporate inversions on the basis of supposed economic patriotism, even...
