Taxes

There are crises that government rallies to solve—usually because surveys of the population show rising anger and concern and elected officials like to retain that first half of the descriptive term. But there is a host of issues that are deemed less important because they don’t necessarily cross the consciousness of most voters. This is

Only The Rich Can Play: How Washington Works in the New Gilded Age by David Wessel became a must read for me after a favorable review by Edward W. De Barbieri. I was hoping for it to be comparable to Showdown at Gucci Gulch, the great account of the passage of the Tax Reform Act

In March, “China Wealth” profiled MBP as a successful New York-based accounting company in China that is now on the move in Southeast Asia with plans to open an office in Singapore this month. (See link here.) It currently has about 150 staff and five offices in China. Marcum LLP (ranked No. 15 by Accounting

A group of private equity firms, companies (including Harley Davidson – employee owners) , pension funds and nonprofits – spearheaded by Pete Stavros a partner at KKR KKR — has announced that they are creating an initiative they have titled “Ownership Works” that will work to encourage companies to have their employees – especially low-income

David Morse of the Coalition for a Prosperous America and Martin A. Sullivan of Tax Notes discuss what the United States’ tax response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should be. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Watch the shortened video here. For the full interview, watch the video below. Robert Goulder: Hello

It’s hard to look at the spectacle but curiously hard to look away too. In some ways, it can make you feel lucky that you’re not among the rich and famous. Do they have tax problem, too? Surprisingly, there are some big tax issues at play that might be creeping up on the once smitten

Beth Viola and Nicole Elliott of Holland & Knight LLPdiscuss the latest clean energy tax proposals and the likelihood of their passage in Congress. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: clean energy

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin set off environmentalists last week when he said tax credits to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicle (EV) tax credits are “ludicrous.” His argument: It makes no sense for government to subsidize EV purchases when demand for the vehicles far exceeds supply. In the short run, Manchin is right. But

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A few days ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) unveiled his solution for rising prices: higher taxes. This episode of What’s Ahead lays out why Schumer’s nostrum is the economic equivalent of doctors who centuries ago thought bleeding patients was a great cure for all

Things have been quiet at ExxonMobil Corp. ever since activist investor Engine No. 1 unexpectedly snatched a quarter of the company’s board seats last June in a strong rebuke of the company’s climate strategy. Engine No. 1 was able to stage a coup because ExxonMobil’s shareholders were fed up — no small feat in an