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The International Spitting Match Over the Google Tax Intensifies

Call it the perils of one-off corporate tax settlements. While the developed world is trying—with limited success-- to figure out how to tax multinational corporations, individual countries are making their own deals to collect back taxes with those firms. It is not a pretty sight. Last week, the

February 1, 2016Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Case of the Carrot in Need of a Stick: A Tax Credit for Paid Family Leave

My husband and I started our family in 2005. We both worked full-time: He for a large multinational corporation, and I for a small nonprofit. My employer offered 12 weeks of unpaid family leave , even though it was too small to be covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Our family

October 7, 2015Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The OECD’s International Tax Plan: The First Step on a Long Road

Last week, the OECD proposed a major new initiative aimed at cracking down on tax avoidance by multinational corporations. The 40-page report follows widespread international...

July 23, 2013Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why A Repatriation Tax Holiday is Still a Bad Idea

In another one of those bad ideas that never seem to go away, Congress may be about to grant a huge tax break to multinational...

October 13, 2011Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Two Bad Tax Ideas for Creating Jobs

In Washington, bad ideas never go away. Now two old tax breaks have resurfaced with the ostensible goal of creating jobs, despite plenty of evidence...

June 23, 2011Howard Gleckman