How The Tax Cut and Jobs Act Would Change International Business Taxation
One goal of the House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is to move international business taxation to a territorial rather than a worldwide system. Here’s how it would work.
7 min readOne goal of the House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is to move international business taxation to a territorial rather than a worldwide system. Here’s how it would work.
7 min readThis paper evaluates the arguments for and against “crowding out” and compares these arguments to empirical studies. It discusses the impact of tax changes on the allocation of national income between consumption and saving, and the allocation of saving between private investment and government deficits. It finds that the crowding out argument is largely based on a mistaken assumption about the flexibility and availability of saving and credit for the financing of government deficits and private investment.
31 min readAccording to the Taxes and Growth model, the House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act should increase after-tax income by 4.5 percent for those in the second-lowest quintile, and by 4.6 percent for those in the middle quintile.
3 min readThe way the state and local tax deduction, alternative minimum tax, and Pease limitation interact is complex. This primer makes things easier to understand.
5 min readExcessive tax rates on cigarettes approach de facto prohibition in some states, inducing black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax states or foreign sources.
7 min readThis comprehensive overview of the of the House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes a summary of its details and macroeconomic analysis of how it would impact federal revenue, wages, GDP, and after-tax incomes.
20 min readConsidered as a whole, this plan would make the U.S. substantially more competitive, not only due to lower rates but also due to a better tax structure.
2 min readThough admittedly complex, the pass-through anti-abuse rules in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act represent a well-thought-out approach to dealing with this issue.
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