Tax, Society & Culture

This is fascinating , and isn't it a bit amazing that it isn't a common measurement undertaken by the government? The New York ...

You may recall the infamous Canadian tax protestors Russ Porisky and Elaine Gould, whose efforts have landed them in jail (blogged here earl...

From TJN : A member of the UK Public Accounts Committee that recently grilled Amazon, Google and Starbucks execs on tax avoidance asked ...

Peter Spiro has thought a lot about citizenship , and it is interesting what he picks up on from Obama's speech in Burma:  the Presi...

The Onion gets it more right than not , in characteristic fashion: Unless Democrats and Republicans can reach an agreement by Jan. 1, 2...

Hello from Bergen, Norway, where I will be presenting a talk today on the "form and substance" aspects of tax planning and the con...

When pressed for time, sometimes I post links directly to the twitter feed for this blog (@taxpolblog).  In case they are of interest, this ...

Senator Percy Downe has issued a call to the Harper government  to put some money and some effort into curbing Canadians hiding their assets...

Taxprof posted news today about a  conference at Pepperdine  scheduled for January in which I'll be participating with comments on U.S. ...

Here is the Guardian with a "r oll call of corporate rogues who are milking " the UK, naming (I've re-ordered alphabeticall...

Possible advancement on the FATCA front?  From Davies Ward : The Canadian Department of Finance announced on November 8th that negotiatio...

Taxprof has this today: Forbes: Voters Say Yes to Marijuana, IRS Says No , by Robert Wood A total of 18 states and the District of ...

As expected, the mayor of Montreal has resigned under the pressure of the ongoing investigation into widespread corruption through all level...

We had a lively discussion over Lisa Philipp's paper today, during which a question arose regarding the cost of pension splitting to the...