As most of us are aware, the failure to comply with the tax law can lead to tax penalties, which almost always take the form of monetary sanctions. But tax noncompliance has other consequences as well. Collateral sanctions for tax noncompliance — which apply on top of traditional tax penalties...

Financial accounting and tax professionals today face a bewildering maze of computational, disclosure, and reporting requirements related to income tax accrual. GAAP financial statements must comply with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740, Income Taxes (formerly FAS 109,...

Tax reform, particularly business tax reform, could be affected by the recent CBO/JCT integration of macroeconomic effects (dynamic scoring) into the official estimate of the Senate immigration bill. Another technical wrinkle is that major institutional approaches to tax distribution all favor,...

This paper critically analyses the policy options for establishing a carbon price in Australia in the post-Kyoto context in the light of the Henry Review and other developments. The paper considers some of the key literature in support of market based instruments including a critical analysis of...

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court in "Larsen & Toubro Ltd." has put to rest the dispute relating to the correctness of the "K. Raheja Development Corporation" and the distinction between a contract of sale and a works contract. This decision seeks to settle, after revisiting the...

This paper considers how tax reductions financed by a carbon tax could be designed to mitigate the need for specific relief for firms in select energy-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) sectors. In particular, I consider impacts on manufacturing sectors at the six-digit North American Industry...

Over the past decade, a number of well-publicized data leaks have revealed the secret offshore holdings of high-net-worth individuals and multinational taxpayers, leading to a sea change in cross-border tax enforcement. Spurred by leaked data, tax authorities have prosecuted offshore tax cheats,...

To help first- or second-year graduate students in economics apply their theoretical training, this paper shows how to solve a simple and intuitive computable general equilibrium (CGE) model using a calculator. Because this simplified Harberger model uses Cobb Douglas functional forms for...

This paper discusses President Trump's tax proposals and the House Republicans' Blueprint, and makes a number of suggestions that would allow President Trump to keep all of his tax policy campaign promises and some others