Editor’s Note: Bill Parks sits on the CPA board of directors and is the founder of NRS Inc., an Idaho-based sporting goods manufacturer. Americans are undoubtedly frustrated with the double standard enjoyed by large multinational corporations. [Bill Parks | July 6, 2020 | InsideSources] Each year, these massive companies earn billions of dollars in profit from…
Editor’s Note: Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). Follow him at @michael_stumo. The COVID-19 crisis has put an inordinate strain on the U.S. economy. And America’s workforce is clearly hurting. In the last six weeks, an astounding 33.5 million Americans have lost their jobs. [Michael Stumo | May 19, 2020 |…
Editor’s Note: David Morse is the tax policy director at the Coalition for a Prosperous America Education Fund. Right now, Washington is preoccupied with efforts to support struggling U.S. businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surprisingly, some companies that use tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes are trying to get their share of this relief aid…
CPA is working to keep you up to date on the CARES Act lending programs. Here is additional information that may help your business regarding the new Main Street Lending program and the previously announced Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP is the most popular lending program because the loan is forgiven as you pay…
This is an update on the Paycheck Protection Program which is part of the Small Business Interruption Loan Program within the recently passed CARES Act. CPA members with 500 or less employees can start applying as of last Friday, April 3. You can start applying through your local bank. We understand that some banks are…
Editor’s Note: Adopt Sales Factor Apportionment taxation and this tax litigation becomes irrelevant. Because internal profit shifting becomes irrelevant. Simply tax MNC global profit in proportion to sales occurring in US. Ignore subsidiaries. Government challenges social-media giant’s transactions with its Irish subsidiary [Richard Rubin | February 8, 2020 | WSJ] Facebook Inc. FB 0.03% and the…
Excerpt: Digital companies aren’t the only ones avoiding corporate taxes. Plenty of foreign multinationals that sell in the U.S. are also shifting profits through tax havens… Over the past few months, a number of countries have been planning to impose new taxes on U.S. tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon. France in particular has aimed…
After an initial review of the various 2020 Democratic presidential contenders’ tax proposals, the CPA tax committee noted a lack of progress on corporate tax reform. Committee members subsequently voted on the remaining corporate tax proposals. By David Morse, Tax Policy Director The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) believes corporate tax reform should stop…
Editors note: Another reason sales factor apportionment tax is needed. Capital flows for tax avoidance and profit shifting purposes should not exist. Tax profits based upon destination of sales rather than origin of income, which is manipulated. Study into global FDI finds nearly 40% of flows used as vehicle for financial engineering [Martin Sandbu |…
Editor’s note: The massive phantom foreign direct investment described in this article shows why CPA’s proposal for sales factor apportionment is needed for the US tax system. If companies were taxed, as we propose, on profits from sales in the US, shifting their profits to shell companies other countries would no longer benefit them. Empty…
