by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
New Jersey is a fiscal disaster area. It’s in last place in the Tax Foundation’s index that measures a state’s business tax climate. It’s tied for last place in the Mercatus Center’s ranking of state fiscal conditions. And it ranks in the bottom-10 in measures...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
My long-running feud with the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development could be categorized as a fight over tax compliance. The bureaucrats at the OECD say that financial privacy must be eviscerated and the fiscal sovereignty must be wiped...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2018 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
I wrote last month about a new book from the Fraser Institute about demographics and entrepreneurship. My contribution was a chapter about the impact of taxation, especially the capital gains tax. At a panel in Washington, I had a chance to discuss my findings. If you...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
Since I consider myself the world’s biggest advocate for tax competition and tax havens (even when it’s risky), I’m always on the lookout for new material to share. So I was delighted to see a new monograph from the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs on the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Better economic performance is the most important reason to adopt pro-growth reforms such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Even small increases in economic growth – especially if sustained over time – can translate into meaningful improvements in living...