Taxes aren't just there to raise revenue for the government; they're also there to save us from ourselves. Environmental taxes are intended to stop us from destroying the planet, and sin taxes to stop us from... Read Full Article »
According to US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who is Chair of the US Senate Finance Committee, the tax reform is overwhelmingly popular with US taxpayers across the board, from small and large businesses to employees... Read Full Article »
Economists in favour of Remain largely agree that leaving the EU will deal a considerable blow to UK exports to Europe and weaken Foreign Direct Investment, which could lead to an increase in unemployment and a fall in GDP... Read Full Article »
I wrote last week on 2017, which was a far from boring year in the world of tax. Let's start where it ended, with lawmakers in the US Congress merging two tax reform bills into one and the President passing it into law... Read Full Article »
On either side of the Atlantic, taxpayers have waited a long time for political breakthroughs. Then two came along in the space of a week... Read Full Article »
The long-awaited unveiling of the Republicans' tax reform bill in the United States is the obvious place to start this week. And the odds against an historic overhaul to the US tax code appear to have shortened considerably recently... Read Full Article »
It's been another mixed bag of a week for the United Kingdom. On the one hand, corporate taxpayers will have welcomed the publication of an updated 2017 Finance Bill... Read Full Article »
What was the real driving force behind the publication of the European Union Commission Blacklist of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions? I refer to the publication of The Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Fair and Efficient Corporate Tax System in the European Union: 5 key Areas for Action, Read Full Article »
Canada's small businesses urged the Government to cut corporate tax in the 2017 Budget. What they got instead was something entirely unsatisfactory... Read Full Article »
Those who know a bit about English history might be familiar with the rhyme that describes the fate that befell King Henry VIII's six wives: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. The rate at which presidents... Read Full Article »
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