Next UK government will face significant challenges

Next UK government will face significant challenges

Analysis: Morningstar DBRS Just a day to the UK general election on 4th July and a change in government looks imminent. The Labour party has continued to lead in the voting intention polls and if polls prove right, Labour will form the next government. After 14 years of a Conservative-led government, a change to Labour … Read more

NJBIA Testifies Against $1B Corporate Transit Tax on NJ’s Largest Job Providers

NJBIA Testifies Against $1B Corporate Transit Tax on NJ's Largest Job Providers

NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka provided the following testimony to the Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday night regarding bill A-4704/S-3513, which calls for a Corporate Transit Tax of 2.5% on New Jersey businesses with net income of $10 million, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, despite Gov. Phil Murphy’s prior decision to sunset a 2.5% … Read more

Committees Advance State Budget with $1 Billion Tax Hike on Corporations 

Committees Advance State Budget with $1 Billion Tax Hike on Corporations 

Over the strong objections of NJBIA and other business groups, the Senate and Assembly budget committees advanced a $56.6 billion state budget supported by a $1 billion tax increase on the business community Wednesday night.  This action sets the stage for final votes by both houses of the Legislature on Friday. Gov. Phil Murphy is … Read more

Biden Enforcing A 28% Corporate Tax Rate Would Make The U.S. ‘The Most Uncompetitive Country In The G7’ Says Kevin O’Leary

Biden Enforcing A 28% Corporate Tax Rate Would Make The U.S. 'The Most Uncompetitive Country In The G7' Says Kevin O'Leary

Loading…Loading…President Biden is pushing for significant changes to make big corporations pay more taxes and quadruple the tax on stock buybacks, which benefit wealthy investors and CEOs with low-tax payouts. He wants to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% and the corporate minimum tax to 21%.Don’t Miss:Biden’s plan aims to fix the problem of … Read more

This 4th of July, U.S. Corporations Display Little Patriotism – Americans For Tax Fairness

This 4th of July, U.S. Corporations Display Little Patriotism - Americans For Tax Fairness

As Big Companies Keep Paying Relatively Less In Taxes to Support Our Nation, 100 Largest American Firms Reported Over $1 Trillion Profits Last Year While Shedding 55,000 Jobs As American families are firing up their grills and filling their coolers for Independence Day celebrations this Thursday, American corporations are displaying little patriotism for the nation that … Read more

The High Cost of Wealth Taxes

The High Cost of Wealth Taxes

Wealth Tax Impact: Details & Analysis | Tax Foundation Skip to content Colombia, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. Countries have repealed their wealth taxes for a variety of reasons. They raise little revenue, create high administrative costs, and induce an outflow of wealthy individuals and their money. Many policymakers have also recognized that high taxes on … Read more

Dear chancellor, follow the Irish model

Dear chancellor, follow the Irish model

Investment is the engine of growth.A permanently high corporation tax (CT) rate could severely damage future investment into the UK and stifle homegrown entrepreneurship at a time when this country needs both desperately.Is there an alternative? Perhaps our nearest neighbour provides the perfect example.Let’s look at Ireland’s experience of a long-term tax strategy and a … Read more

Europe, US markets point higher; Bitcoin momentum improves

Europe, US markets point higher; Bitcoin momentum improves

By Naeem Aslam     European and US stock futures are trading higher on the first trading day of the second half of the year, with another reason for traders to feel a little more confident Monday being the news of the first round of the French snap parliamentary election. France is the second-largest economy in … Read more

Türkiye Says Aims to Rein in Tax Breaks, Target Avoidance in Reform Plan

Türkiye Says Aims to Rein in Tax Breaks, Target Avoidance in Reform Plan

A drive by Türkiye ‘s government to modernize the country’s tax system will seek to boost revenue by tackling tax avoidance and scrapping incentives that are no longer needed rather than raising the overall burden, the finance minister said on Monday. Mehmet Simsek said, however, that preliminary draft proposals being discussed within the government envisioned … Read more

Euro gains as Far Right dominates French elections

Euro gains as Far Right dominates French elections

EURUSD gained 0.50% and jumped to a more than two-week high near 1.0770 in Monday’s European trading. The major currency pair strengthened as initial results of the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday showed that Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally is in a comfortable position, but with a smaller margin than projected … Read more