Published at 10 Jun 2024 According to estimates, cuts proposed by the Trump camp could increase US national debt by USD 1 trillion… According to estimates, cuts proposed by the Trump camp could increase US national debt by USD 1 trillion. As election fever in the US grows increasingly frantic with November’s crucial poll looming … Read more
Republicans in Congress are preparing to build upon the success of the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts by not only making President Trump’s signature legislative achievement permanent, but also cutting taxes further to spur economic growth. The Washington Post reported on Sunday that both Trump’s economic advisors and key Republican lawmakers in Congress are planning a … Read more
The crowning legislative achievement of Donald Trump’s first term in the White House was the passage of an unpopular tax bill that gave big corporations a massive windfall, disproportionately rewarded wealthy individuals despite being pitched as a boon for workers, and contributed trillions to the national debt. With Trump running for another four years in … Read more
Click here to download Briefing Memo on Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII) The 2017 tax reform massively reshaped how U.S. multinationals are taxed on their foreign income, including through the application of a global minimum tax that grants corporations a substantial discount on their foreign profits. This discount gave big multinationals new incentives to stash their … Read more
After Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts, the Heritage Foundation — a right-wing think tank that has, among other things, produced the Project 2025 agenda, a blueprint for policy if Trump wins — flew an upside-down American flag, which has become an emblem for support of MAGA in general and election denial in … Read more
An 11-year-old girl, who went missing on Sunday from Pyrgos, Greece, has been found dead, and a 37-year-old man, reportedly a relative, has confessed to her murder. The girl’s body was discovered in a field bearing knife wounds to the neck. An amber alert had been issued following her disappearance, which was reported by her … Read more
WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden likes to take a hard thwack at corporate America.The Democrat tells voters that companies should pay more in taxes and he blames many businesses for fueling higher prices by stoking “greedflation” and “shrinkflation.”But for the past several months, top Biden administration officials have also stepped up … Read more
Strategic tax leaders are especially concerned the November U.S. presidential election will lead to changes to certain Inflation Reduction Act renewable energy credits, while tax tacticians are most concerned about changes to federal corporate tax rates, according to a new survey.The 2024 BDO Tax Strategist Survey, released Monday, pointed out that the outcome of the … Read more
All the traditional political parties came out bruised from EU parliamentary elections on Sunday, while Cyprus echoed the EU generally by electing far-right nationalists Elam to a seat at the table in Strasbourg. Cyprus, following trends of recent parliamentary elections in the country and those in Europe in general, gave one of the six seats … Read more
Restaurants and bars in Cyprus saw their attendance increase to 75 per cent of their overall capacity during May, according to Neophytos Thrasyvoulou, president of the Federation of Leisure Centre Owners (Osika), who also called on business owners to be more competitive with their pricing.In statements made to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Thrasyvoulou explained … Read more