Hiding from the Tax Man, International Wealthy Style
Tax avoidance is an ever-evolving game. Some fresh information on which countries are willing to offer a helping hand to the rich.
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Bitcoin as Prosecution Futures: Coinbase Agrees to Turn Customer Records Over to Department of Justice for Possible Tax Evasion
Even in the US, which so far has been more lenient toward cryptocurrencies than China, the noose is tightening. Top Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has decided that trying to defy the law, in terms of not complying with a IRS summons requiring it to turn over information about customers who had engaged in more than $20,000 […]
Read more...Tax Astroturf: The B-Team Lowers the Bar for Tax Transparency
Quelle surprise! The B Team, a supposed top group for “responsible business,” punts on tax transparency.
Read more...Reclaiming the Tax: Foregrounding the Public Covenant
Rethinking the MMT rhetoric around tax….and implications for policy prescriptions.
Read more...Larry Summers: Reagan’s Tax Plan Was Better Than Trump’s
Summers on inequality, the GOP tax plan, and US economic prospects.
Read more...Defining the Tax Reform Battleground
How tax “reform” policy discussions reinforced destructive economic ideas.
Read more...Monetary Mental Illness
Puzzling over why more people don’t embrace Modern Monetary Theory.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Deficit Talk Is a Trap. Will Democrats Fall Into It?
The Democrats would join the Republicans in using deficits to justify cutting Medicare, Social Security, and other services. Don’t let them.
Read more...Tax Cuts, Wages and Salaries: Will Lower Taxes and Profit Repatriation Help Workers?
Debunking some of the claims of tax “reform” proponents, like that giving companies a tax break to repatriate profits will create jobs.
Read more...GOP Tax Bill is Even Worse Than We Think
There’s ugly, and then there’s the GOP’s tax bill.
Read more...The Republican Tax Plan
Economists discuss the Republican tax proposals and for the most part, find a lot not to like.
Read more...What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
Read more...Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Forked Tongue on Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
It is an insult to intelligence for Steven Mnuchin to claim that the Trump tax plan isn’t a sop to the rich. That’s the GOP’s raison d’etre.
Read more...World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
The World Bank manages to make the IMF look good…..
Read more...Trump Administration Picks Bizarre Fight With IMF Over Report Backing Taxing the Rich
The IMF makes a careful case for more redistribution.
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