Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty last week released Canada's 2013 federal budget document under the rubric, "Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity." The document cited numerous examples of tax reductions that have made the country a more attractive place for investment, including the Harper... Continue Reading
With the launch of BRT's Home Court Advantage campaign -- www.USAhomecourt.org -- calling for comprehensive tax reform, we've heard familiar complaints that our call for lowering the coporate tax rate to 25 percent misses the point. With deductions, incentives and the like, companies don't really... Continue Reading
Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, delivered the 2013 budget statement today. To make the U.K. more attractive for investment, its corporate tax rate will be lowered to 20 percent, he announced. The message just reinforces the need to modernize the U.S. tax system, as BRT... Continue Reading
Business Roundtable announced its Home Court Advantage campaign this week calling for comprehensive tax reform. A news round-up: Wall Street Journal, Washington Wire, "Business Roundtable Makes March Madness Play": Just in time for March Madness, the Business Roundtable announced a... Continue Reading
Denmark is the latest country to lower corporate tax rates to become more competitive and boost economic growth. The U.K., Canada, Sweden, Japan... Meanwhile, the United States continues to suffer the consequences of the highest corporate tax rate in the world. From Agence France Press, "... Continue Reading