September 28, 2015 By Kyle Pomerleau (View the full report from the Tax Foundation here.) Introduction Taxes are a crucial component of a country’s international competitiveness. In today’s globalized economy, the structure of a country’s tax code is an important factor for businesses when they decide where to invest, how much to invest, and which
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Why Do We Need International Tax Reform? Let Us Count the Ways
08.17.2015
From Chairman Paul Ryan and the House Ways & Means Committee blog, Aug. 13, 2015: Last week, we laid out what it means when we say the committee is exploring “international tax reform.” It’s an update of the rules under which we tax American companies selling goods and services across international borders. It’s one of
Ways & Means Committee: What Is This “International Tax Reform” of Which You Speak?
08.06.2015
Tax reform. Two words that get thrown around a lot in Congress. Everyone’s for it, but yet everyone has their own idea of what it looks like. And the term can mean vastly different things in different contexts. So we thought it would be helpful to drill down on exactly what it is this committee
LIFT Coalition Statement on the House Subcommittee Hearing on Repatriation and the Highway Trust Fund
06.24.2015
June 24, 2015 – Washington, D.C. – Claire Buchan Parker, spokeswoman for the LIFT (Let’s Invest for Tomorrow) America Coalition, today issued the following statement in advance of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures’ hearing on the repatriation of foreign earnings as a source of funding for the Highway Trust Fund: “Shoring up the Highway
Global tax reform will lead to economic growth at home
05.04.2015
Kyle Pomerleau, for the Washington Examiner Japan recently announced that it will be lowering its corporate tax rate with further planned cuts over the next five years. While other countries are actively improving their corporate tax code, the United States seems stuck in the discussion phase. Much talk has focused on our burdensome and complex domestic
Statement from the LIFT American Coalition on Tax Day 2015
04.15.2015
Statement from the LIFT American Coalition on Tax Day 2015 “April 15 is the day we all remember to complete our taxes, but this year, it should also remind us of two disappointing facts: American companies face the highest statutory tax rate in the world and we’re the only G-8 country that taxes globally-engaged, domestic