Carbon markets: A new frontier for the tax function

Carbon markets: A new frontier for the tax function

By KPMG’s Commodity and Carbon Trading Solutions team members, Richard Murray and Rebecca Tobin. The importance of carbon markets for companies is on the rise. The cost of carbon is increasing in compliance markets, such as the EU ETS. Prices have risen and the benefit of the “free allowances” for some markets is being reduced. … Read more

Parempoolsed chair: Corporate income tax a very bad message to the economy

Parempoolsed chair: Corporate income tax a very bad message to the economy

Lavly Perling, chair of the nonparliamentary Parempoolsed, is critical of the messages conveyed in the new coalition agreement and says that the corporate income tax being introduced will not be good for the economy. “Parempoolsed tend to be critical regarding this, in terms of both content and their messages, which certainly don’t provide predictability to … Read more

Tourist investments and risks

Tourist investments and risks

A lot of investment has been undertaken for touristic development ranging from hotels to quality places of entertainment and even more important addressing the upgrading of staff, food and service. Previous years with the tourist arrivals have been increasing by approximately 8% p.a. and this, coupled with the planning relaxation given by the then Government, … Read more

Business leaders are scenario planning for a Trump win

Business leaders are scenario planning for a Trump win

With Donald Trump’s political stock suddenly reaching new highs—after he survived an assassination attempt and starred in a slickly produced convention, while President Biden stays at home with Covid, all in one week—business leaders must revisit their scenarios for a Trump presidency. They should keep three factors front and center: Trump’s stance on taxes and … Read more

A Guide to Taxation in the Philippines

A Guide to Taxation in the Philippines

The taxation policy in the Philippines is chiefly governed by the following Republic Acts: The Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE Act) Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law Article VI, Section 28 of the Constitution; The National Internal Revenue Code; and Local Government Code of 1991. Tax structure The country … Read more

Trump says he’ll end the “inflation nightmare.” Economists say Trumponomics could drive up prices.

Trump says he'll end the "inflation nightmare." Economists say Trumponomics could drive up prices.

Former President Donald Trump is campaigning on a pledge to end the “inflation nightmare,” vowing that if he wins a second term, he’ll bring down prices “very quickly.” And if that scenario came to pass, it would be cheered by the millions of Americans who say higher costs remain a major problem.There’s only one problem: … Read more

Trump details in depth his economic policy: Promises more tariffs and to lower the corporate tax to 15%

Trump details in depth his economic policy: Promises more tariffs and to lower the corporate tax to 15%

Published by Verified by 16 de julio, 2024 Until today, beyond his usual promises that he will make “America great again,” former President Donald Trump was very cautious about revealing his economic policy for a potential second term. But now we do have a clearer idea: if he beats Joe Biden in November, the most … Read more

Five Tax Takeaways from 2024 State Legislative Sessions 

Five Tax Takeaways from 2024 State Legislative Sessions 

July 18, 2024 July 18, 2024 State lawmakers across the country navigated budget challenges and slowing revenue growth in 2024. This challenge was made worse by the winding down of temporary federal pandemic aid, coinciding with deep, permanent tax cuts. The impact of those tax cuts becomes clearer as they weigh on the ability of … Read more

Trump 2.0: Trump promises to cut corporate tax rate to 15% if elected as US President

Trump 2.0: Trump promises to cut corporate tax rate to 15% if elected as US President

Donald Trump reduced the corporate tax rate from 28% to 21% during his previous presidency and intends to further reduce it to 15% if elected again this year. Now, Trump proposes lowering the corporate tax rate to 15%, potentially cutting the US corporate tax rate by nearly half.In a wide-ranging interview on business and the … Read more

How does rent-sharing affect the progressivity of the corporate income tax? | Brookings

How does rent-sharing affect the progressivity of the corporate income tax? | Brookings

The incidence and distributional effects of changes to the corporate income tax—like those in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—are one of the most hotly contested issues in economic policy. The debate often follows a familiar script: Republicans claim that rank-and-file workers benefit while Democrats argue that affluent shareholders reap the gains. In a new paper, … Read more