by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
A left-wing group recently put out a report criticizing low-tax jurisdictions for attracting capital and investment from high-tax nations. Since I’m a big defender of tax havens and tax competition, I noted that the assumptions in the report were very dodgy. As the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Other than my experiment dealing with corporate taxation, the first video I narrated for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity dealt with the issue of tax competition. It was a deliberate choice because I view competition among governments as one of the few effective...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Havens, Taxation
Exactly 10 days ago, I predicted that the press would attack Mitt Romney for using tax havens. In that post, I wrote that, “…based on the questions, it appears that the establishment media wants to hit Romney for utilizing tax havens… As far as I can tell, none of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I sometimes make fun of the English, for reasons ranging from asinine laws to milquetoast politicians to horrid healthcare policy. But at least some U.K. elected officials are willing to stand up for tax competition and fiscal sovereignty by defending low-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
I’ve written several times about a proposed IRS regulation that would force American banks to put foreign law above U.S. law. I’ve repeatedly warned that the scheme, which would force financial institutions to report the deposit interest they pay to foreigners, is bad...