by Brian Garst | Mar 8, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Thanks to tax competition and beginning with the cuts under Reagan and Thatcher, global tax rates have declined over the last several decades. In order to remain economically competitive, politicians have had to refrain from the excessive fleecing of taxpayers and...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 8, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Forbes on March 8, 2013. Bureaucrats at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently conjured a problem to justify a new assault on tax competition. In a recent report titled, “Addressing Base Erosion...
by Brian Garst | Feb 20, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Hardly anyone stands up for taxpayers. It’s the classic problem of concentrated interests and defused costs. Those who benefit from profligate government spending are strongly motivated to lobby for their pet handout. But every individual bit of waste only adds...
by CF&P | Feb 20, 2013 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 20, 2013 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Center for Freedom and Prosperity Condemns New OECD Assault on Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty Washington, D.C., Wednesday,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
Every so often, you get a “teaching moment” in Washington, and we now have an excellent opportunity to educate lawmakers about the “offshore” world because President Obama’s nominee to be Treasury Secretary has been caught with his hand in the tax haven cookie jar....
