The 10 blockbuster companies behind Ireland’s corporate tax windfall

The 10 blockbuster companies behind Ireland’s corporate tax windfall

Despite repeated warnings about the potential once-off nature of corporation tax receipts and the concentration risk of having so few firms paying the bulk of the money, Ireland continues to hit the business tax jackpot.Revenue from the tax swelled to a record €23.8 billion last year, almost six times the amount garnered in 2014. It … Read more

Tax Complexity Now Costs the U.S. Economy Over $546 Billion Annually

Tax Complexity Now Costs the U.S. Economy Over $546 Billion Annually

IRS Tax Compliance Costs the US Economy $546B Annually Skip to content taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. code imposes many costs on the US economy. The most direct costs, of … Read more

Nirmala Sitharaman says burden on middle class narrative ‘not based on facts’; clarifies real estate taxes

Nirmala Sitharaman says burden on middle class narrative ‘not based on facts’; clarifies real estate taxes

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (August 7) said “we heard the people” as she confirmed revised real estate indexation rules in the Parliament. With the relaxed rules, taxpayers will get more flexibility in calculating their long-term capital gains tax.”The amendment gives taxpayers a choice to calculate and see what works better for them. The current amendment … Read more

A Walzonomics Primer

A Walzonomics Primer

Here’s how business executives and donors are evaluating Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, especially on taxes, labor unions, energy policy and more. Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has supported a progressive tax policy in his home state, and has won the support of prominent union officials.Erin Schaff/The New York Times Where Harris’s running mate stands … Read more

Corporate Tax Increases: How Business Owners Can Respond

Corporate Tax Increases: How Business Owners Can Respond

This is a guest column from Matt Silasiri, the Marketing & Business Development Manager at Sunbelt Business Advisors.President Biden bowed out of the 2024 Presidential race. But the clock is still ticking on the Trump-era tax cuts. And President Biden’s proposed budget, including substantial tax increases, is still in play.Business owners who are considering a business exit in the … Read more

Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Taxes?

Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Taxes?

Kamala Harris Tax Proposals, 2024 | Tax Foundation Skip to content Home • Blog • Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Taxes? Kamala Harris has a record of favoring steeper taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general … 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

The Inflation Reduction Act’s buyback tax restrains public company growth – Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Inflation Reduction Act’s buyback tax restrains public company growth - Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Biden administration and a Democratic-controlled Congress imposed a new tax on corporate stock buybacks as part of the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022. It hasn’t gone well. Corporations use stock buybacks to grow. Buybacks signal to a company’s shareholders that the company’s investments are in demand and that the firm is in good financial health. That incentivizes investors to want to … Read more

Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors

Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors

This report is a modified version of an earlier report ITEP published in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation. 1. Corporate tax cuts and corporate tax avoidance worsen income inequality. When corporations are allowed to pay less in taxes, the ultimate beneficiaries are mainly the owners of corporate stocks, who are concentrated among the wealthiest … Read more

Where do Canada’s soaring corporate profits go? Not ‘back into the country’ ⋆ The Breach

Where do Canada’s soaring corporate profits go? Not ‘back into the country’ ⋆ The Breach

Loblaw chairman Galen Weston Jr, the creaseless face of inherited Canadian wealth, smiled serenely at parliamentarians as he explained why, when it came to rising food prices, his company was blameless. Speaking to an agri-food committee in the spring of 2023, he told them that Loblaw’s profit “goes back into the country.” “The profit we … Read more