Taxation of Multinational Businesses Archive

Inflation Reduction Act EU Tax & Trade Cooperation: EV Tax Credit
November 9, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Over the last six months, European perceptions of the Inflation Reduction Act have been a rollercoaster. European policymakers were hopeful that the Inflation Reduction Act would implement Janet Yellen’s Pillar Two commitment at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). But hope turned to disappointment when the final text was fundamentally different from

US Competitiveness Projected to Worsen Amid Changing Tax Landscape
October 18, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Nearly five years ago, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought dramatic changes to U.S. tax policy. The federal corporate tax rate fell from 35 percent to 21 percent and other reforms improved the tax treatment of business investment, lowered taxes for individuals and families, and introduced a new system for taxing

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

Bonus Depreciation Effects: Details & Analysis
August 30, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Key Findings 100 percent bonus depreciation allows firms an immediate tax deduction for investments in qualifying short-lived assets. The phaseout of 100 percent bonus depreciation, scheduled to take place after the end of 2022, will increase the after-tax cost of investment in the United States. Preventing the phaseout and making 100 percent bonus

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

Digital Services Taxes in Europe, 2022
August 9, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Over the last few years, concerns have been raised that the existing international tax system does not properly capture the digitalization of the economy. Under current international tax rules, multinationals generally pay corporate income tax where production occurs rather than where consumers or, specifically for the digital sector, users are located. However, some

Inflation Reduction Act Minimum Tax vs. Global Minimum Tax
August 2, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Over the course of the last year, it has become clear that Democratic lawmakers want to change U.S. tax rules for large companies. However, as proposals have been debated in recent months, there are have been clear divides between U.S. proposals and the global minimum tax rules. Before getting too far into the

Push for Higher Taxes is Misguided Amid Inflation, Looming Recession
July 26, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Efforts to raise taxes on corporations and high-income earners recently hit a brick wall when U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) once again expressed concerns about inflation and a potential recession. That would seem to be the end of the story, as there is no reason to think inflation will be going away anytime

OECD Pillar One: Questions Remain | Global Tax Deal
July 25, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The global tax deal that was struck last year continues to move along in slow and uncertain ways. While the global minimum tax gets much attention in the media (and in my own writings, to be honest), there is another significant piece to the deal. The global minimum tax (also known as OECD Pillar

Biden OECD Tax Proposals Would Hurt FDI
July 18, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The Biden administration has proposed several changes to the U.S. international tax system that would raise taxes on multinational enterprises (MNEs). Similarly, the OECD’s tax proposals would raise taxes on MNEs. Together, the proposals would affect patterns of international investment and potentially decrease the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI). Under the tax