Trump’s 2017 Tax Cut Created a Huge Stock-Buyback Spree

Trump’s 2017 Tax Cut Created a Huge Stock-Buyback Spree

For years we’ve been hearing that when President Donald Trump cut corporate taxes in 2017, corporations pissed away their tax savings on stock buybacks. Trump himself, in one of his rare episodes of truthfulness, admitted it. But that turns out not to be quite right. According to a new report by the public interest nonprofit … Read more

Jim de Bree | An Interesting Tax Decision from SCOTUS

Jim de Bree | An Interesting Tax Decision from SCOTUS

Last summer, I wrote two columns about a peculiar tax case that the Supreme Court decided to hear. Although the amount of tax involved in the case was less than $15,000, ruling in the taxpayer’s favor could have fundamentally gutted the Internal Revenue Code.  A major part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act … Read more

Kenya Bond Tax Seen as New Hurdle for Tiny Corporate Debt Market

Kenya Bond Tax Seen as New Hurdle for Tiny Corporate Debt Market

Bloomberg | Jun 26, 2024 04:09 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Already haunted by a history of company collapses, Kenya’s moribund corporate bond market risks a fresh setback from authorities plans for a withholding tax on green bonds. Already haunted by a history of company collapses, Kenya’s moribund corporate bond market risks a fresh … Read more

Senate Democrats plan for a ‘tax Armageddon’ in 2025

Senate Democrats plan for a 'tax Armageddon' in 2025

The Other Huge Difference Between Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer

The Other Huge Difference Between Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer

Politics / June 25, 2024 Yes, they disagree on Gaza. But the Democratic primary rivals are also far apart when it comes to taxing billionaires and multinational corporations. Ad Policy Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer during a debate on May 13, 2024.(News12) Media coverage of Tuesday’s Democratic primary battle between US Rep. Jamaal Bowman—the progressive … Read more

Budget 2025: Personal Income Tax Collections Higher Than Corporate Taxes. FM Needs To Fix This Anomaly

Budget 2025: Personal Income Tax Collections Higher Than Corporate Taxes. FM Needs To Fix This Anomaly

Do you know that personal income tax collections in India are higher than corporate tax collections? Yes, you heard it right! Individuals like you (reader) and me together pay more taxes than all the corporations put together.  How can a lower-middle-income country such as India with a per capita income of around $2,500 rely on … Read more

Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom

Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom

UK Full Expensing: Understanding UK Capital Allowances Policy Skip to content Home • Blog • Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom United Kingdom is nearing snap elections on July 4, 2024, and taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the … Read more

FACT Calls on Congress to Eliminate Wasteful Corporate Tax Break, Supreme Court Issues Landmark Tax Ruling: Just the FACTs 6/25/24

FACT Calls on Congress to Eliminate Wasteful Corporate Tax Break, Supreme Court Issues Landmark Tax Ruling: Just the FACTs 6/25/24

“Just the FACTs” is a round-up of news stories and information regarding efforts to combat corrupt financial practices, including offshore tax haven abuses, corporate secrecy, and money laundering through the financial system. Send feedback or items for future newsletters to Thomas Georges at tgeorges@thefactcoalition.org Here is the State of Play FACT Calls on Congress to … Read more

Supreme Court Holds That 2017 Mandatory Repatriation Tax Does Not Violate The Sixteenth Amendment

Supreme Court Holds That 2017 Mandatory Repatriation Tax Does Not Violate The Sixteenth Amendment

June 20, 2024 Click for PDF Moore v. United States, No. 22-800 – Decided June 20, 2024 Today, in a case widely seen as a test of Congress’s ability to enact wealth taxes, the Supreme Court held narrowly that Congress did not violate the Sixteenth Amendment by requiring U.S. shareholders to pay a one-time tax on … Read more

States’ Corporate Sales Tax Enforcement Doesn’t Go Far Enough

States’ Corporate Sales Tax Enforcement Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Sales tax compliance is a bit of an unknown quantity in the US. Calculating the tax gap—the difference between taxes collected and taxes owed—in sales and use tax is much more difficult than the income tax gap. For income tax, there are secondary sources of information available from employers; in sales tax, there is no … Read more