VP Pick Tim Walz Enacted Progressive Tax Reforms in Minnesota

VP Pick Tim Walz Enacted Progressive Tax Reforms in Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz isn’t generally regarded as a tax policy guy, but tax analysts and lawmakers say Vice President Kamala Harris’s new running mate has supervised the most dramatic shift toward progressive tax policy of any state in the country.While more than two dozen governors slashed individual and corporate taxes during the post-Covid period, … Read more

Capital Allowances in Europe, 2024

Capital Allowances in Europe, 2024

Capital Allowances in Europe, 2024 | Tax Foundation Skip to content capital allowances play an important role in a country’s corporate tax baseThe tax base is the total amount of income, property, assets, consumption, transactions, or other economic activity subject to taxation by a tax authority. A narrow tax base is non-neutral and inefficient. A … Read more

China Tax Incentive for Green and Digital Upgrade of Special Equipment

China Tax Incentive for Green and Digital Upgrade of Special Equipment

A new China tax incentive aims to encourage companies to invest in digital and smart upgrades of special equipment. Companies upgrading certain equipment that aids environmental protection and safe production can enjoy a deduction of the investment at a rate of 10 percent from their corporate income tax payable. We explain the requirements of the … Read more

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

Business community highlights the economic impact of recent tax reforms in Kentucky – The Bottom Line

Business community highlights the economic impact of recent tax reforms in Kentucky - The Bottom Line

As Kentucky looks to grow its economy, the business community has successfully advocated for many priorities to create a more competitive tax system to help the state become more attractive for businesses and workers.  Dr. Charles Aull, Executive Director for the Kentucky Chamber Center for Policy and Research, and Kevin Fuqua, CPA, Regional Service Tax … Read more

Puerto Rican Competitiveness and Pillar Two

Puerto Rican Competitiveness and Pillar Two

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

Tax Subsidies for R&D Expenditures in Europe

Tax Subsidies for R&D Expenditures in Europe

R&D Tax Subsidies in Europe | Tax Subsidies for R&D Expenditures Skip to content R&D tax incentives. These generally take two forms, namely patent boxes—taxing income derived from intellectual property at a rate below the statutory corporate income taxA corporate income tax (CIT) is levied by federal and state governments on business profits. Many companies … Read more

2 ways for mutual funds to handle higher capital gains inclusion rate | Advisor.ca

2 ways for mutual funds to handle higher capital gains inclusion rate | Advisor.ca

AdobeStock / NongAsimo The new capital gains inclusion rate requires mutual funds to make an important choice. Mutual fund trusts and corporations — including ETFs — can flow out their capital gains to fund holders, and this year they must decide how to do so. The fund industry “was largely expecting this type of election … Read more

Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom

Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom

UK Full Expensing: Understanding UK Capital Allowances Policy Skip to content Home • Blog • Understanding Full Expensing in the United Kingdom United Kingdom is nearing snap elections on July 4, 2024, and taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the … Read more

Whitehouse: Our Tax Code Is Corrupted and Rotten | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

Whitehouse: Our Tax Code Is Corrupted and Rotten | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

“It’s not enough just to undo the damage of the Trump tax law—our tax code wasn’t fair before that,” said the Chairman of the Budget Committee Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing, titled “Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: … Read more