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How Controlled Foreign Corporation Rules Look Around the World: China
The Chinese approach to base erosion and profit shifting is more focused on the application of transfer pricing rules and not on the application of CFC rules. Even with the rules in place, the Chinese tax authorities have not enforced the rules as much as other countries have.
3 min readProposal to Increase New York Beer Tax
3 min readReviewing the Tax Changes in Senator Bennet’s Real Deal
The “Real Deal” would increase the tax burden on saving, investing, and working in the United States, and reduce the global competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
3 min readVirginia Governor Looks to Excise Taxes
The proposed budget reflects a growing trend as policymakers across the country look to excise taxes as long-term solutions to budget woes. While excise taxes can be a part of the revenue picture, they are not a sustainable revenue source due to their narrow base, which is easily affected by changes in consumer behavior or market conditions.
2 min readLawmakers Agree to Let Extenders Live On
2 min readExpensing Provisions Should Not Favor Physical Over Human Capital
Investments in worker training and education can increase productivity and economic output as growth in human capital accumulates, though the time horizon for these effects is longer than that of physical capital accumulation.
3 min readTwo Years After Passage, Treasury Regulations for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Surpass 1,000 Pages
Treasury released final regulations on the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), which is meant to dissuade firms from engaging in profit shifting abroad. Other high-profile releases from 2019 include final regulations guiding enforcement of Section 199A, commonly known as the pass-through deduction; final regulations on enforcing the new tax on global intangible low-tax income (GILTI); and final regulations on state-level workarounds to the $10,000 limit on the state and local tax deduction (SALT).
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