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The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act as an exercise of the taxing power has led to a reconsideration of the regulatory role of taxation. This paper re-evaluates that role in light of the decision and examines when taxation should be used for regulatory purposes
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If we want to narrow the North-South divide that threatens our world, some limits on tax competition are inevitable. The world faces a crucial choice in the 2020s. We can either continue retreating from globalization in favor of xenophobic nationalism, tariffs, immigration restrictions, and...
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Eduardo Baistrocchi's outstanding new book on tax treaty disputes is the result of an intense five-year global collaborative project among international tax scholars, practitioners and administrators. The book provides an unprecedented set of information and offers the first global qualitative...
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Today, more than ever the battle against tax evasion is taking a center stage in the global political agenda. Hence, leading countries are intensifying their efforts and adding tools to assist in the pursuit of information concerning the international business activities of their taxpayers. The...
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TRA17) represents the most comprehensive reform of US international tax rules since 1962. An important question in evaluating TRA17 is how US trading partners will respond to its provisions. In general, US trading partners may take steps to negate the...
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This paper addresses three questions: 1. Is regulation a legitimate goal for taxation? 2. Which tax is best suited for regulation? 3. Would it be better to allocate just one goal per tax among the major taxes (individual and corporate income tax and VAT)? It then analyzes the proposed bank tax...
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Value added taxes are destination based, i.e., tax is imposed on imports and exports are zero rated (so that the exporter can receive a refund on VAT collected in previous stages of production). Income taxes, on the other hand, are typically origin based, i.e., imports are deductible and exports...
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