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The Steroid-Pumped Version of “Taxes Are for the Little People”

I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote bad policy such as higher tax rates. The International Monetary Fund is urging higher tax rates and p… more →

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The Steroid-Pumped Version of "Taxes Are for the Little People" — 5 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 day ago: I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote b … more →

Tags: Higher Taxes, Hypocrisy, International bureaucracy, International Monetary Fund, Tax Increase, Taxation, United Nations, IMF, tax increases

Should International Bureaucracies Get Taxing Powers or Direct Funding? — 2 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 week ago: Over the years, I’ve strenuously objected to schemes that would enable international bureaucra … more →

Tags: Big Government, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Harmonization, International bureaucracy, International Taxation, Sovereignty, Statism, tax competition

Renunciation of citizenship to save future capital gain taxes -- A mere ingratitude or a call for public debate & better policies?

Stuart Malawer wrote 2 weeks ago: Let’s see. You come to America to go to a university paid for by your parents. You invest a bit of y … more →

Tags: Global trade relations, Tax avoidance, International Taxation, facebook ipo, Tax Policy, renunciation of citizenship, Capital Gains Taxation, Tax evasion, U.S. source of income

Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy — 11 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 weeks ago: It is very sad that America’s tax system is so onerous that some rich people feel they have no … more →

Tags: Competitiveness, Higher Taxes, International Taxation, migration, tax competition, Tax Increase, Taxation, exit tax, Expatriation

Global Taxation of High-Tech Firms -- States, Federal Government and Foreign Countries are Losers.

Stuart Malawer wrote 1 month ago: Apple is the latest high-tech corporation targeted by the press for its aggressive tax strategies th … more →

Tags: Global trade relations, high tech firms, states and multinationals, global cooperation and taxation of multinationals, states and multinational taxation, federal taxation of high-tech firms, State Budgets

U.S. Extraterritoriality and Corporate Governance and Global Transactions -- More Aggressive U.S. Action.

Stuart Malawer wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a presentation and a PowerPoint I gave recently concerning the extraterritorial applica … more →

Tags: Global trade relations, Corporate Governance, extraterritorial application of law, reexport controls, trade sanctions, Securities Law, boycott legislation, Aggressive Enforcement, trade remedy and market access trade actions.

Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and "Tax Fugitives" — 11 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 months ago: I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason … more →

Tags: Fiscal Policy, Government Thuggery, International bureaucracy, International Taxation, I.R.S., OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Sovereignty, switzerland

Should the United Nations Have the Power to Impose Global Taxes? — 16 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 months ago: What’s the worst policy idea that would cause the most damage to society? I’m tempted to … more →

Tags: Fiscal Policy, Sovereignty, Big Government, United Nations, International bureaucracy, International Taxation, Fiscal Sovereignty

Clever Left-Wing Satire vs. Stupid Left-Wing Satire — 2 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 4 months ago: I’m perfectly willing to give my opponents credit when they do something clever and/or effecti … more →

Tags: Taxation, Tax Haven, tax competition, International Taxation, Tax evasion, Tax avoidance, Tax Harmonization, Tax Compliance, Romney

Another Much-Needed Defense of Tax Competition and Tax Havens by a British Politician — 3 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 4 months ago: I sometimes make fun of the English, for reasons ranging from asinine laws to milquetoast politician … more →

Tags: Competitiveness, Economics, England, Europe, Financial Privacy, Fiscal Policy, International Taxation, jurisdictional competition, Sovereignty

Obama Administration Supports Rogue IRS Regulation in Order to Please Europeans, even though It Will Undermine American Banks and Hurt the U.S. Economy — 7 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 4 months ago: I’ve written several times about a proposed IRS regulation that would force American banks to … more →

Tags: Big Government, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Privacy, International Taxation, I.R.S., Tax avoidance, tax competition, Tax Compliance, Tax evasion

Obama Has United the World...in Opposition to Bad U.S. Tax Policy — 27 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 5 months ago: Last year, I came up with a saying that “Bad Government Policy Begets More Bad Government Poli … more →

Tags: Economics, Taxation, Fiscal Policy, Tax Haven, Competitiveness, government stupidity, I.R.S., Big Government, OECD

Kudos to Obama Administration for Fighting Extraterritorial European Tax Scheme — 6 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 7 months ago: I don’t often have reason to praise the White House. But the Administration occasionally winds … more →

Tags: Europe, European Commission, International Taxation, Sovereignty, Taxation, Territorial Taxation, Worldwide Taxation, european union

If We Value Liberty and Prosperity, We Better Defend Tax Competition and Fight for Fiscal Sovereignty — 21 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Regular readers know that I am a tireless advocate for tax competition, which exists when government … more →

Tags: Big Government, Competitiveness, Europe, Financial Privacy, International Taxation, jurisdictional competition, OECD, Sovereignty, Tax avoidance

Global Warming, Global Taxes pushed by Obama administration

Scotty Starnes wrote 1 year ago: Wait and see. If Obama can’t get his cap-and-trade/energy bill through Congress, he will go ar … more →

Tags: Political Issues, President Obama, Obama Administration, obama, EPA, U. S. Constitution, Barack Obama, George Soros, U. N.

Global Taxation: An Idea so Terrible that Even the Obama Administration Is Opposed — 8 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: The old saying that “two wrongs don’t make a right” is especially true in the fiel … more →

Tags: Taxation, Global Warming, climate change, obama, Big Government, United Nations, International bureaucracy

Global Taxation: An Idea so Terrible that Even the Obama Administration Is Opposed

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: The old saying that “two wrongs don’t make a right” is especially true in the field of public policy … more →

Tags: Taxation, Big Government, obama, United Nations, Global Warming, climate change, International bureaucracy

Every Patriotic American Should Support the President — 1 comment

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: I wish the title of this blog post referred to the President of the United States, but instead our p … more →

Tags: Economics, Competitiveness, Sovereignty, tax competition, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations, International bureaucracy, Europe

I'm More Important than Paul Krugman and George Soros — 4 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Actually, I wish that were true. But I’m slightly amused to see that I’m ranked as the 2 … more →

Tags: Economics, European Commission, Harmonization, International bureaucracy, International Taxation, jurisdictional competition, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Tax avoidance


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