Guest Post: Is Transfer Pricing The Fix To Corporate Tax Reform?
Transfer pricing may be the key to corporate tax reform. Guest post by Barb.
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Guest Post: What’s Missing From Discussions On Corporate Tax Reform?
What’s missing in discussions on corporate tax reform: the definition of a corporation. Guest post by Deborah Sweeney.
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Corporate | International | Prosecutions, Felonies and Misdemeanors | Taxes of the Rich and (In)famous
Dolce & Gabbana Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion
Are prison stripes the next fall look for Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana? The Italian fashion duo has been found guilty of tax evasion by Judge Antonella Brambilla and sentenced to one year and eight months in prison. Neither Dolce nor Gabbana appeared at the sentencing in Milan and have continued to deny the charges….
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Archbishop Says Those Who Avoid Taxes ‘Are Actually Robbing God’
On the last day of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, a number of major world leaders agreed on new measures meant to ensure tax compliance by individuals and companies. The focus on tax evasion was a major part of the agenda set by British Prime Minister David Cameron: tax, trade, and transparency, or the…
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Walmart Blames Sluggish Sales On Taxes, Enjoys Lower Effective Tax Rate
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (Walmart) had mostly good news for Wall Street yesterday when it reported earnings of $3.78 billion, or $1.14 per share, in the first quarter. Those earnings were consistent with Walmart’s expectations of $1.11 to $1.16 per share and just short of analysts’ average forecast of $1.15 per share. Those earnings were likely…
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US Reps To House: BEER Me
You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. – Frank Zappa There was a time when, if following Zappa’s criteria, the U.S. might not have…
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Former GM Exec Bob Lutz Suggests Higher Gas Taxes Would Help Americans
Americans are addicted to gasoline, according to retired General Motors Vice Chairman Robert A. Lutz, and there’s only one cure: higher gas taxes. Lutz, who held positions at GM, BMW, Ford, and Chrysler before returning to GM in 2001 spoke to a crowd earlier this month at the SAE (Society of Automobile Engineers) 2013 World…
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Is IRS To Blame For Sluggish Sales At Wal-Mart?
Wal-Mart had the worst sales start in seven years. So what gives? Are consumers unhappy with Wal-Mart or is it something more?
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Ship Isn’t The Only Thing That Stinks At Carnival As Low Tax Rate Angers Some
I love a good cruise story – even those gone bad. Gilligan’s Island? I’d totally live with those seven strangers (did anyone else find the Professor dreamy?). And the Titanic? Even when dying, Leonardo DiCaprio managed to make Kate Winslet swoon. Being shipwrecked or smacking into an iceberg at least makes a good romantic story….
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Throwing A Holiday Party That Even Uncle Sam Will Love
Dear corporate types, I do love the B52s but under no circumstances should “Rock Lobster” be played – and danced to – at a company party. That was my tweet on yesterday. I happened to be working at a venue not far from such a party. It was a mishmash of mostly middle-aged corporate types…