Two Small-Government Candidates Inadvertently Could Put America in a VAT of Trouble

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT

Sometimes the best way to help the cause of freedom is to stop a bad idea. And that’s why I’m vociferously opposed to a value-added tax. Here’s what I wrote today for National Review. I start by explaining that it’s a bad idea to give Washington a big new tax to...

Debunking Fiscal Myths: There Is No Loophole for “Carried Interest”

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation

I’m a big fan of the flat tax because a low tax rate and no double taxation will result in faster growth and more upward mobility. I also like the flat tax because it gets rid of all deductions, credits, exemptions, preferences, exclusions, and other distortions.And a...

The Left’s Dream Is a Value-Added Tax on the Middle Class, so Why Are Advocates of Small Government Helping to Advance that Awful Levy?

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT

Some honest statists understand and acknowledge that you can’t have bigger government unless you target middle-income taxpayers. The New York Times endorsed higher taxes on the middle class in 2010. The then-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also gave a green light...

A Much-Needed Economics, Math, and Logic Lesson for the New York Times

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation

More than two years ago, I cited some solid research from the Tax Foundation to debunk some misguided analysis from the New York Times about the taxation of multinational companies. Well, it’s déjà vu all over again, as the late Yogi Berra might say. That’s because we...

Why Is the Obama Administration Allowing an International Bureaucracy to Push Tax Policies that Will Make America Companies Less Competitive?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation

Most normal Americans have never heard of the “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” project being pushed by the tax-loving bureaucrats at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But in the world of tax policy, BEPS is suddenly attracting a...