Listen to the article 6 min feedback. Corporate tax managers have had to negotiate their way through heightened turbulence ever since the Trump-led tax cuts and the Jobs Act became law in 2017. Today’s hot-button issue is the ongoing Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-led global effort to impose a minimum 15% tax on … Read more
Turkey is planning major tax changes as part of an economic reform proposal that aims to shore up government revenue, reduce inflation and “create a fairer system”.The parliament, controlled by a coalition led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), will vote next week on a package of major new fiscal laws, … Read more
Patent Box Regimes in Europe, 2024 Skip to content Patent boxA patent box—also referred to as intellectual property (IP) regime—taxes business income earned from IP at a rate below the statutory corporate income tax rate, aiming to encourage local research and development. Many patent boxes around the world have undergone substantial reforms due to profit … Read more
Puerto Rico Tax Competitiveness and Pillar Two Skip to content profit shiftingProfit shifting is when multinational companies reduce their tax burden by moving the location of their profits from high-tax countries to low-tax jurisdictions and tax havens. . Pillar Two, the global minimum taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, … 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 Countries have repealed their wealth taxes for a variety of reasons.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
Shareholders at three of the world’s largest oil companies recently turned down tax transparency proposals from an activist investor. At Chevron, a proposal to publicly report the company’s earnings and tax bills in every country where it operates was defeated on May 29; 85% of votes were against the proposal. The shareholders followed recommendations from … Read more
Published at 10 Jun 2024 According to estimates, cuts proposed by the Trump camp could increase US national debt by USD 1 trillion… According to estimates, cuts proposed by the Trump camp could increase US national debt by USD 1 trillion. As election fever in the US grows increasingly frantic with November’s crucial poll looming … 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
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
The fact described in the text is that nearly 130 countries have recommitted to the first pillar of a global tax deal, which aims to reform international tax rules, particularly for multinationals with revenues exceeding 2 million.