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Political Watchdog Groups Impacting Corporate Tax

With an increasing number of Americans feeling disconnected from the political process, it is heartening to hear stories in which public opinion and political watchdog groups have a marked impact on political discourse. According to Joshua Holland, a reporter for BillMoyers.com, that is precisely what is going on regarding the so-called tax extenders. The tax […]

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IRS Atty: Officials Giving Away Billions And Tax Evasion

An Internal Revenue Service lawyer in the Office of Chief Counsel in New York is claiming that the organization’s officials are giving away billions via tax evasion to corporations and the undermining of whistleblowers. In a letter sent to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and copied to Sens. Chuck Grassley, Elizabeth Warren, […]

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OECD Proposal On Tax Avoidance Approved By G20 To Little Fanfare

The issue of corporate taxation has taken center stage in many policy-makers’ minds across the world, yet difficulties in agreeing on a solution seem to have resulted in an effective “paralysis.” According to PwC and OECD data cited by The Economist, the global average corporate income tax as a share of profits is continuing to […]

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What Corporate Inversions Are Telling Us (And What Washington Refuses To Hear)

What do AbbVie and Shire; Walgreens and Alliance Boots GmbH; Pfizer and AstraZeneca; Medtronics and Covidien Plc; Perrigo and Elan;, Actavis and Warner-Chilcott have in common? They are companies undertaking corporate inversion transactions whereby the U.S. company seeks to save taxes by removing its worldwide operations from the U.S. tax system. An inversion is the […]

Author: James F. McDonough

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New Durbin Bill Seeks To Keep Corporations From Exporting Jobs

With the increasing frequency of corporate inversions in recent years and the breakneck pace at which even domestic corporations are shipping jobs overseas, it isn’t surprising that the U.S. government wants to find a way to incentivize big companies to keep their jobs here. With the election coming up, there seems to be little chance of […]

Author: James F. McDonough

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Senators consider closing tax inversion loophole

Two senior U.S. senators are now working on legislation that might help to combat the recent tide of corporate emigration to places like Ireland, Holland and other foreign countries, according to The Wall Street Journal. Chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, noted that he views this trend as a symptom of the […]

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IRS Chief: U.S. Can't End Corporate inversions

In the wake of a spate of corporate inversions over the last two years, regulators are considering ways to curb the use of this tax strategy, under which corporations move overseas to enjoy lower income tax rates. On April 30, a U.S. Treasury official told Reuters that the Obama administration is focused on ways to […]

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States Pursue Offshore Tax-Free Income

While many reliable sources in Washington are saying that the odds of either President Obama’s corporate tax reform bill or Republican Camp’s bill getting passed this year are slim to none, some states aren’t waiting to conduct their own reform.. While many reliable sources in Washington are saying that the odds of either President Obama’s corporate tax reform […]

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U.S., Australia Agree to Battle Tax Evasion

Tax evasion is currently a major topic of conversation, with a Senate Hearing in the near future focusing on Swiss banks. In another major move, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said that Australia has agreed to sign a tax evasion agreement, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The U.S. and Australia have yet to sign the agreement, but plan […]

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Senate Hearing to Address Offshore Tax Evasion

Offshore tax evasion is a clear violation of tax law, and this topic will be the focus of a Senate hearing that will take place in the near future. Offshore tax evasion is a clear violation of tax law, and this topic will be the focus of a Senate hearing that will take place in […]

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U.S. Signs Six New Bilateral Agreements to Crack Down on Tax Evasion

The U.S. Department of Treasury made positive steps forward in December in its campaign against tax evasion, with the agency signingbilateral agreements with jurisdictions to comply with the tax law provisions outlined by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. In a one-week time span in mid-December, Malta, the Netherlands, The Islands of Bermuda, and three UK […]

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U.S., France Sign Intergovernmental Agreement to Combat Offshore Tax Evasion

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the government of France have partnered up to combat egregious tax law violations carried out through the use of offshore accounts, the federal department said. The two countries have signed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). IGAs have been instrumental in helping countries […]

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