Hard truths lie hidden in Philip Hammonds spreadsheets on March 5, 2017Although intended as an insult, the chancellor should own his nickname “spreadsheet Phil”. Far from indicating a boring focus on details, the best publicly available spreadsheets are more elegant than the prose of political philosophers, tell a more compelling narrative than spin-doctors and provoke more rigorous thought than most economic models. Best for Philip Hammond, […]
Prepare for Donald Trumps corporate tax revolution on January 23, 2017Sometimes only a severe shock can fix a broken system. The time is ripe for applying this principle to cross-border corporate taxation and Donald Trump, the US president-elect, is perhaps the man to do it. In the corporate taxation game, some countries compete for genuine business by lowering their tax rates. Many more seek to […]