This book explores one of the most dynamic and exciting aspects of globalization—international tax competition. With rising mobility and soaring capital flows, individuals and businesses are gaining freedom to work and invest in nations with lower tax rates. That freedom is pressuring governments to cut taxes on income, investment, and wealth. In Global Tax Revolution, Chris Edwards and Daniel Mitchell chronicle tax reforms around the world in recent decades. They describe the dramatic business tax cuts of Ireland, the flight of successful people from high-tax France, and the introduction of simple “flat taxes” in more than two dozen nations. Like other aspects of globalization, tax competition is generating intense political opposition. Numerous governments and international organizations are fighting to restrict tax cuts. Edwards and Mitchell challenge those efforts, arguing that tax competition is helping to advance prosperity, expand human rights, and rein in bloated governments.The authors argue that the U.S. economy can be revitalized by embracing competition and overhauling the federal tax code. They discuss how current tax rules suppress wages and investment and describe the tax changes needed for workers and businesses to succeed in the fast-paced global economy. Rather than idly complaining about jobs and capital moving offshore, this book argues that policymakers need to embrace major tax reforms to ensure rising standards of living for Americans in the years ahead.

The president of Forbes, Inc. presents his argument for a flat tax, suggesting that the new tax would be fair and efficient, with the new tax form being no bigger than a postcard and without any of the loopholes that currently exist.

Tax evasion is not a victimless crime. Throughout the world, a thriving underground economy threatens to crush compliant and captive taxpayers. It is much bigger than just a few "off-tile-books" transactions and the occasional charging of a personal expense against your business. It touches every corner of our economy and it is growing at a rate at least three times faster than the formal economy. The moral and social implications of activities such as illicit drug trade, money laundering, people smuggling, and tax havens are more than just government issues; they affect every "good" citizen who ends up paying more taxes because others are finding ways to evade their "fail" shine. In everyday language, with liberal use of humor, this book will give you a clear understanding of the problems of the UgEcon, along with an exploration into some of the possible answers to this great economic plague that affects each and every one of us.

This book addresses sixteen different reform proposals that are urgently needed to correct the fault lines in the international tax system as it exists today, and which deprive both developing and developed countries of critical tax resources. It offers clear and concrete ideas on how the reforms can be achieved and why they are important for a more just and equitable global system to prevail. The key to reducing the tax gap and consequent human rights deficit in poor countries is global financial transparency. Such transparency is essential to curbing illicit financial flows that drain less developed countries of capital and tax revenues, and are an impediment to sustainable development. A major break-through for financial transparency is now within reach. The policy reforms outlined in this book not only advance tax justice but also protect human rights by curtailing illegal activity and making available more resources for development. While the reforms are realistic they require both political and an informed and engaged civil society that can put pressure on governments and policy makers to act.

This observation, largely true but nevertheless unsettling, cost billionaire New York real-estate tycoon Leona Helmsley a 4-year jail term, 90 days of public service, and a $7-million fine for tax fraud. So if the rich don't pay their share of taxes -- and the poor certainly can't pay their share -- who is left? The middle-class taxpayers who are trapped in the system by withholding taxes. Systematic tax avoidance and evasion is flourishing in all business sectors in the world. It is creating an Underground Economy that defies detection and, in most cases, goes unpunished. The reality is that virtually everyone participates in the Underground Economy -- the only difference is to what extent. Hiding income or burying non-business expenses in your business used to be silent sins -- things that you simply did not talk about. Now people chat about these schemes as casually as they do the weather. Tax evaders have come out of their closets and aggressive withholding of taxes is a warning signal to government that they are withdrawing the consent to be governed. Whether you are scrimping to make ends meet, trying to save for retirement, wondering how to shield an upcoming inheritance, or just sick and tired of government waste, this book is an invitation to you to join this New Tax Revolt. Together, we can force governments to be smaller, more efficient and, above all, truly accountable to taxpayers. This book is about understanding why we must starve the beast.

The must-read summary of Steve Forbes's book: “Flax Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS”. This complete summary of "Flat Tax Revolution" by Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of the renowned Forbes magazine, presents the author's argument that it is time to abolish the IRS and summarises the benefits of implementing a flat tax. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand how a flat tax rate would benefit the American economy • Expand your knowledge of politics and economics To learn more, read "Flat Tax Revolution" and discover how implementing a flat tax rate has revolutionised countries across the world.

This book presents 15 original papers and commentaries by a distinguished group of tax policy and tax administration experts. Using international examples, they highlight the state of knowledge of tax reform, present new thinking about the issue, and analyze useful policy options. The book’s general goal is to examine the current and emerging challenges facing tax reformers and to assess possible directions future reforms are likely to take. More specific themes include distributional issues, how to tax capital income, how to design specific taxes (e.g., the income tax, the value-added tax, the property tax), how to consider the politics and administrative aspects of tax reform, and how to combine the separate insights into comprehensive tax reform.