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
The EURJPY cross extended its decline near 168.85 during early European trading on Monday, with the Euro attracting some sellers amid the uncertainty over the political scenario in France. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the French national assembly and announced a snap election after exit polls indicated that his Renaissance party would be defeated by the far-right … 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
Despite some significant positive changes in the proposed budget, foreign investors in Bangladesh still have major concerns about the effective income tax rate, which exceeds 40% in some cases, leaders of the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said. “Despite the decrease in the corporate tax rate, the effective tax rate here in … Read more
KARACHI: Approximately 210 multinational companies (MNCs) in Pakistan operating in sectors like tobacco, oil, auto, pharmaceuticals, banking and others contribute a third of the total tax collection and make a major contribution to the national exchequer. They also reinvest in their respective units or inject capital into some new ones. Moreover, they make investments of … Read more
Republicans in Congress are preparing to not just extend former president Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts if they win control of Washington in November’s elections, but also lower rates even more for corporations, laying the early groundwork for a ferocious debate over taxes and spending next year and beyond.The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) … Read more
Sherry Robinson | All She WroteLet’s start with the good news: New Mexico is number one on an important ranking. We have the nation’s lowest property taxes, and they’ve been the lowest for a long time.The reason goes back in history to the 1800s, when New Mexicans lost land to tax sales because they didn’t … Read more