The US-India Tax Forum, a dedicated policy group within the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), submitted a set of tax amendment recommendations for India’s Union Budget 2024-25.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget on July 23. The proposals aim to foster a stable and predictable tax environment to boost investment sentiment across various … Read more
Major currency pairs continue to trade in familiar ranges midweek as investors’ search for the next catalyst continues. Later in the day, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will deliver the Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report and respond to questions before the House Financial Services Committee in the second day of his Congressional testimony. Several other Fed policymakers … Read more
The title page reads, “Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise — Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.” What follows are 920 pages of sweeping changes for the “next conservative president” to put into effect or, if not sufficiently empowered, to recommend to Congress. From abortion to veterans affairs, the anthology of 30 chapters, each by a … Read more
The Government would be running a budget deficit for the 18th consecutive year in 2024 were it not for windfall corporate tax receipts.That sequence stretches all the way back to the financial crisis, a time when the crumbling Irish financial system was the focus of European policymakers, not just Irish ones.Remove the windfall component of … Read more
Governor Phil Murphy signed the new $56.6 billion state budget for New Jersey, which includes a significant tax increase on large corporations and substantial funding for property tax relief, public schools, pensions, and community projects. Key Takeaways: The budget introduces a 2.5% tax on large companies to fund NJ Transit, making New Jersey’s business taxes … Read more
Arkansas Enacts Fourth Tax Cut in Less than Two Years Skip to content Home • Blog • Arkansas Enacts Fourth Tax Cut in Less than Two Years Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) recently called a brief special legislative session to enact the fourth round of reductions to the Natural State’s individual and corporate income … Read more
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
On Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen quotes from a news item in the Financial Times: There are several investment implications of Trump back in the White House,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Cresset Capital. “[Most notable would be] a higher-for-longer Fed, as monetary policymakers increase the likelihood that the corporate tax cuts will be … Read more
EURUSD remains on the backfoot on Tuesday, slightly above 1.0700, as the major currency pair comes under pressure due to expected decline in the preliminary Eurozone HICP data for June. The annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices decelerated to 2.5%, as expected, year-on-year from May’s reading of 2.6%. In the same period, the core HICP, which … Read more
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