Corporate taxation in Spain: analyzing efficiency and revenue potential – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Corporate taxation in Spain: analyzing efficiency and revenue potential - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Abstract This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of Spain’s corporate tax system through the lens of the Laffer curve and Buoyancy index, assessing its efficiency in generating revenue. The study finds that Spain is nearing the Laffer curve’s optimal tax rate, beyond which tax revenue may decrease with rate hikes. The Buoyancy index reveals a … Read more

How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats – ICIJ

How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ

Michael Welu worked at the IRS for decades as a specialist in helping agents identify and investigate possible tax crimes. In an agency known for offices working in their own silos, Welu had the rare ability to move between divisions, dissecting and learning each office’s particular customs and procedures. But that experience had its own … Read more

Cyprus implemented GRECO recommendations for judges, not MPs or prosecutors

Cyprus implemented GRECO recommendations for judges, not MPs or prosecutors

Cyprus has fully implemented 75% of the recommendations regarding prosecutors, but only 25% of the recommendations regarding MPs.

Auditor-general, ’s sacking case adjourned, one judge recuses himself

Auditor-general, ’s sacking case adjourned, one judge recuses himself

Fact: The first court proceedings between auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides and attorney-general George Savvides began with conflicts of interest and an adjournment.