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Territorial Tax

Apple Avoiding Billions and Billions of Dollars in Taxes

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

Apple (like many giant, multinational corporations) has been avoiding paying the taxes they owe to the country by setting up foreign "subsidiaries" in tax-haven countries, and moving jobs out of the country. Now they want a special tax break to reward them for doing that.

Winning Customers Around the World Begins at Home With Tax Reform

Claire Buchan Parker | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business
Claire Buchan Parker

It's been more than a half-century since the U.S. undertook a bottom-up review of our international tax laws. In fact, they haven't been updated since 1963, when the U.S. accounted for 50 percent of the global economy and did not have any serious competition from other nations.

A Half Century Never Looked So Old

Claire Buchan Parker | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Claire Buchan Parker

It has been more than 50 years since the United States updated its international tax system. In that half century, the world has changed dramatically. Is it any wonder then, why there is a growing frustration that the system doesn't work?

Beware the New Corporate Tax-Cut Scam: LIFT Is A Big LIE

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.22.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

LIFT stands for "Let's Invest for Tomorrow," but as Citizens For Tax Justice (CTJ) points out, it really ought to be called LIE, for "Let's Invest Elsewhere."

Ben Hallman

New 'Territorial' Tax Push Could Allow Companies To Pay Even Less In Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.06.2013 | Business

Corporate profits are soaring, but many of the largest American companies say they need tax relief in order to compete with foreign foes. On Wedn...

If You Want to Reform Something, Reform the Trade Agreements

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

We could have trade agreements that lift and protect working people, protect the environment and encourage democracy. But only if people learn about this and speak up.

Joe Biden Makes Overblown Claim

Posted 09.07.2012 | Business

Joe Biden made a lot of claims about Mitt Romney and the Republican presidential nominee's policies during his fiery speech at the Democratic National...