Tax Proposals Archive

Is There an End in Sight?
December 21, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Since 2018, the tax world has seen multiple rounds of proposals to change how digital companies are taxed. The most common, the Digital Services Tax (DST), popped up as a European Commission directive and then made its way into the national laws of multiple countries across the globe. Ongoing international tax negotiations were

CBAM | EU Carbon Border Tax: Details & Analysis
December 20, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Last week, the European Union approved the world’s first Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Well, in name anyway. The mechanism is a key aspect of the EU’s broader Fit for 55 package which aims to cut 55 percent of net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU by 2030. It’s also a foundational

Business Interest Deduction Limitation Policies
December 5, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the United States enacted a new limitation on interest deductions for businesses. While it is common for countries across the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to set limits for interest deductions, starting this year, the U.S. became an outlier by

2022 International Tax Competitiveness Index
October 17, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Note: Each year we review and improve the methodology of the Index. For that reason, prior editions are not comparable to the results in this 2022 edition. All data and methodological notes are accessible in our GitHub repository. Below is a preview of the 2022 Index. To access the full report, click the download button

Biden Tax Hike Proposals Live on After the Inflation Reduction Act
October 10, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Over the past two years, policymakers and taxpayers have grappled with proposals to increase taxes as ideas introduced in the 2020 presidential campaign were transformed into legislation. This effort culminated in August with the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act. While many of the tax increases considered over the last two years were

Impact of Italian Elections on Tax Policy & EU Fiscal Policy
September 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Italy’s legislative elections on 25 September resulted in the country’s first right-wing government since 2011. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, will likely become Prime Minister and govern in a coalition with the League (led by Matteo Salvini) and Forza Italia (led by Silvio Berlusconi). On national tax policy, the coalition

After the UK Super Deduction
September 21, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Note: This report was published in partnership with the Centre for Policy Studies, one of the oldest and most influential think tanks in Westminster. With a focus on taxation, economic growth, business, welfare, housing and green growth, its goal is to develop policies that widen enterprise, ownership and opportunity. Key Findings For many years, the UK has

Ensuring Tax Rates Don’t Rise with Inflation
September 12, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares With record inflation now squeezing American household budgets, you can thank our Senior Fellow Emeritus Steve Entin for shielding U.S. workers from being pushed into higher tax brackets. If ever there was a paycheck protection program, defending people from bracket creep may be the most important one ever designed. It all started some

OECD Pillar One Amount A Consultation & Tax Foundation Response
August 18, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Tax Foundation has engaged constructively in the OECD Pillar One and Pillar Two process since it was launched in 2019. The consultation on the Progress Report on Pillar One provides another opportunity for that. However, at this point it is challenging to be constructive when the policy seems designed to fail. The Progress

Inflation Reduction Act Accelerated Depreciation & Book Tax: Analysis
August 5, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares August 5, 2022 Cody Kallen, William McBride, Garrett Watson As the U.S. Senate races to consider the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a centerpiece of the proposed tax increases is the 15 percent minimum book tax on corporate income for firms earning over $1 billion, making up about 60 percent of the net revenue