Should There Be A “T” In ESG?

Should There Be A “T” In ESG?

A recent paper in the Vanderbilt Law Review raised a fascinating question about the growing links between corporate tax policy and environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. As new global regulations like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) start requiring corporations to disclose more detail than ever … Read more

The European Union’s ViDA Proposal: Ignoring Principles Does Not Make Tax Policy Fairer

The European Union’s ViDA Proposal: Ignoring Principles Does Not Make Tax Policy Fairer

EU VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) Proposal | Tax Foundation Europe Skip to content Home • Blog • The European Union’s ViDA Proposal: Ignoring Principles Does Not Make Tax Policy Fairer discuss the EU’s VAT in the digital age (ViDA) proposal once again after Estonia’s veto on 14 May. The updated ViDA proposal, published … Read more

Bowman, Sanders Propose 95% Tax on Corporations Exploiting Inflation to Jack Up Prices | Common Dreams

Bowman, Sanders Propose 95% Tax on Corporations Exploiting Inflation to Jack Up Prices | Common Dreams

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday led a group of progressive lawmakers in announcing legislation that would penalize large corporations with a 95% windfall profits tax for using elevated inflation as a pretext to hike prices and pad their bottom lines. The Ending Corporate Greed Act would “establish a 95% windfall profits … Read more

Daines: “Stroke of Genius” by Trump to Eliminate Taxes on Tips – Senator Steve Daines

Daines: “Stroke of Genius” by Trump to Eliminate Taxes on Tips - Senator Steve Daines

Joins Fox Business to Announce Introduction of Bill to Stop Taxing Tips, Slam Biden’s Border Crisis U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss his bill to eliminate taxes on tips and President Biden’s border crisis. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on His Bill to Stop Taxing Tips: It’s a stroke of genius … Read more

SCOTUS Rejects Expansion of Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts, Leaves Broader Tax Questions for Another Day

SCOTUS Rejects Expansion of Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts, Leaves Broader Tax Questions for Another Day

June 20, 2024 June 20, 2024 Today, seven of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a tax on offshore corporate profits that was one of the few significant revenue-raisers in the Trump tax law. If the Court had agreed with the plaintiffs in the case — as well as … Read more

Supreme Court upholds Biden-backed tax on foreign corporate investments – Washington Examiner

Supreme Court upholds Biden-backed tax on foreign corporate investments - Washington Examiner

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of taxation on foreign income in a case backed by business and anti-regulatory interests who said the provision was similar to a “wealth tax.” The 7-2 decision by Justice Brett Kavanaugh upheld the mandatory repatriation tax, siding with the Biden administration to uphold the provision of the 2017 … Read more

Increases to Oregon Minimum Tax May Qualify for November Ballot

Increases to Oregon Minimum Tax May Qualify for November Ballot

Oregon Initiative Petition 17 (IP17), also known as the People’s Rebate, appears on track to qualify for the November 2024 ballot. As of June 14, the measure’s proponents have submitted over 135,000 signatures, well above the 117,173 needed to qualify. If passed, IP17 would significantly increase Oregon’s Corporate Minimum Tax for corporations with annual Oregon … Read more

Supreme Court upholds US tax on foreign business income

Supreme Court upholds US tax on foreign business income

(June 21): The US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars.Voting 7-2, the justices said Congress has the constitutional power to tax people and companies on their share of undistributed corporate income, at least when it comes to … Read more

Investments on the rise in healthcare

Investments on the rise in healthcare

In small economies such as Cyprus, investment opportunities are limited, especially those which can produce reasonable returns in relation to the risk involved. Due to the introduction of the general public health system, various groups of investors (including foreign ones) have turned their interest towards health related projects, either as healthcare centres or simply as … Read more

Biden’s plan to make corporations and billionaires pay more in taxes

Biden’s plan to make corporations and billionaires pay more in taxes

The president plans to raise taxes on billionaires and giant corporations to help fund more affordable housing and childcare, while keeping taxes the same for those earning under $400,000 per year. With the 2024 presidential election less than five months away, President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have been busy highlighting their tax … Read more