federal taxes Archive
EU VAT Rates: EU VAT Directive & Reduced VAT Rates
May 17, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Last month the European Union (EU) gave the final green light to update the EU Value-added Tax (VAT) Directive and broaden the list of goods and services to which two reduced VAT rates can be applied while allowing for a reduced VAT rate below 5 percent for the first time. Prior to the
May 2022 Spanish language podcast, Justicia ImPositiva: Estados Unidos: destino preferido de la corrupción
May 17, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to our Spanish language podcast and radio programme Justicia ImPositiva with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! Escuche por su app de podcast favorita. En este programa: Estados Unidos se convierte en el primer proveedor
Public R&D and Private R&D are Complements, Not Substitutes
May 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Congress is hammering out the details of legislation designed to make the U.S. more competitive with China. Any package to incentivize further R&D should begin by ending the current tax penalty against it. While the House and Senate-passed versions of the competitiveness legislation differ, they would support American semiconductor manufacturing, increase public
TCJA Led Foreign-Owned Corporations to Retain More Earnings in the US
May 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Corporate tax reforms introduced by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) encouraged foreign-owned US companies to reinvest more of their earnings here, according to a new TPC study. The study also finds a positive relationship between the TCJA tax cuts and foreign-owned companies’ investment in US tangible assets. Foreign investment accounts
Death, Taxes, Fairness, And A Ponzi Scheme
May 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares What about taxing capital gains at a higher rate at death than during life? TPC’s Steve Rosenthal and Robert McClelland argue that President Joe Biden‘s and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden‘s proposals to tax unrealized capital gains every year raise serious administrative and legal problems. They recommend a simpler, more effective approach:
US-China Trade War Hurt American Industries, Workers
May 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares In light of high inflation and rising prices, the Biden administration announced it’s considering dropping its current tariffs on Chinese imports to ease inflationary pressures. The tariffs have indeed hurt both U.S. industry and workers. Another consequence of the U.S. imposed tariffs is that they invited retaliatory tariffs, primarily from China, on U.S.
Taxing Capital Gains at Death at A Higher Rate Than During Life
May 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares President Joe Biden and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) have proposed different ways to tax unrealized capital gains every year. Their shared goal is understandable, with trillions of dollars escaping income tax under current law. But each plan raises serious administrative and legal problems. We suggest a simpler, more effective approach:
Surpluses, Confirmations, And Tax Breaks
May 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The US posted a $308 billion budget surplus in April. Source link TweetShareSharePin0 Shares
Inflation and Oil Price Spikes Revive Case for LIFO Repeal
May 12, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The recent runup in oil prices and general inflation have boosted tax benefits from the “last-in, first-out” (LIFO) inventory accounting tax break. LIFO tax expenditures, or foregone federal tax revenues, are concentrated in the petroleum industry, which is posting record profits. Repealing the LIFO option now would efficiently raise substantial revenue while reducing
Ukraine Aid Awaits, Last Call For The Expanded CTC
May 12, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares $40 billion in Ukraine aid awaits Senate action. The House voted overwhelmingly to give President Biden $7 billion more than he requested for military, economic, and humanitarian assistance. But it is not clear how soon the Senate will act. It must first await what will be a nasty debate over abortion. And Sen.
