Tax, Society & Culture

This is rich. The US wants the OECD to not go overboard on the BEPS thing.  From Tax Analysts [ gated ], Treasury International Tax Counsel ...

Isn't it astonishing that at the very moment the USA is twisting arms the world over ostensibly to crack down on tax havens and the eros...

Recently the Washington Journal on Law Technology & the Arts issued a symposium issue entitled " Mobile Money Symposium 2013 ....

Global Witness issued this must-watch video this week, which demonstrates how leaders steal from their own people with the help of lawyers ...

Interesting new paper by Sandeep Gopalan & Roslyn Fuller,  Enforcing International Law: States, IOs, and Courts as Shaming Reference...

David Rosenbloom has a great letter to the editor in Tax Notes today [ gated ], excerpts: Recent press reports describe a large increase i...

Every penny from this sale ought to go to the City of Montreal. It's not much, but it might cover a few weeks worth of corruption maybe...

I was happy to see a rather lengthy discussion in Tax Analysts[ gated ] a little while ago, authored by Randall Jackson on the emerging US c...

Water comes up on occasion as a topic related to taxation and society because of its character as a public good and a private commodity. A r...

Austerity is spreading across the globe like a bad virus, despite the vehement opposition of the general population. In Portugal, thous...

David Cameron has a fresh take on the PPL case which is worth a read, in yesterday's Tax Notes [ gated ]. He's wondering why no one...

In a Tax Notes International article [ gated ] today, Lee Sheppard discusses remarks about FATCA by Jesse Eggert, Treasury associate interna...

The answer is "government" if you believe the Telegraph , from an opinion by "Richard Emerton, Head of Board Practice at Korn...

Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica has a dealbook entry today,  A Revolving Door in Washington With Spin, but Less Visibility , with insightfu...

Edward Abbey said “growth for growth’s sake is the ideology of the cancer cell": From a series called  Illuminating Quotes, Visuali...

Gaius Publius is upset with bipartisan support for Fix the Debt, and points out the class-based solidarity of the rich (which of course ...

Someone could write a PhD dissertation on the fiscal devolution of Detroit and the role of taxpayer morale. Between the below story and t...

Over at SCOTUSblog I've got a  recap of the arguments in yesterday's hearing on the PPL Corp foreign tax credit case.  The justices...

I'm pleased to have been part of the February 2013 Taxcast from Naomi Fowler and the Tax Justice Network  In this edition of the taxcas...

US tax reform is so big and so bad it needs 11 working groups to handle it all!  From the Camp/Levin press release: Each of the 11 groups ...