Economix: The Logic of Cutting Corporate Taxes
Laura D’Andrea Tyson is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton....
View ArticleEconomix Blog: More on Mitt Romney’s Tax Rate
There are any number ways to calculate a household’s tax rate. You can look at just the federal income tax and conclude that almost half of Americans don’t pay taxes, or look at all taxes and conclude...
View ArticleThe Caucus: Romney’s Taxes Compared With Everyone Else’s
The Romney campaign revealed Friday afternoon that Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid a 14.1 percent effective federal tax rate in 2011, paying $1.9 million in taxes on $13.7 million in income, much...
View ArticleStarbucks Offers to Pay More British Tax Than Required
“Having listened to customers and to the British public, Starbucks in the U.K. will be making changes which will result in the company paying higher corporation tax in the U.K. — above what is...
View ArticleCreating Value: The Tax Implications of Starting a Business With Retirement...
Creating Value Are you getting the most out of your business? Last week I wrote about the risks of using retirement money to finance your business. I spent some time looking at a strategy called ROBS —...
View ArticleEurope Pushes to Shed Stigma of Tax Haven With End to Bank Secrecy
“Nothing is as it was before,” Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told Parliament last month, explaining why, after years of resistance, Luxembourg had decided to start sharing information with foreign...
View ArticleIn Tax Overhaul Debate, It’s Large vs. Small Companies
Some of the biggest and most powerful companies in the United States are fighting for a cut in the official corporate tax rate, arguing that it is necessary to allow them to compete more effectively in...
View ArticleEconomic Scene: The Trouble With Taxing Corporations
It hardly qualifies as a defense. But that is perhaps the most accurate statement that Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, could have made to lawmakers inquiring last week about how its creative...
View ArticleEconomix Blog: Kissing Away the Corporate Tax
My column on Wednesday startled some readers. Was I proposing to do away with corporate taxes simply because globalization is making it easier for multinational companies to avoid them? Should we...
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