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Corporate Vs Turnover Taxes

Corporate vs turnover taxes

Now here’s something different. A recent post on an interesting blog called microeconomicinsights.org summarises the findings of a study published in 2015 with the rather dry title of Production versus…

Tobacco taxes – treaties, tensions, and trends

Pakistan faces a pressing need for a sustainable tobacco taxation policy, particularly as tobacco use imposes severe health and economic burdens on the country. With over 160,000 deaths annually due…

Regressive taxes, neglected reforms

Pakistan’s reliance on bilateral, trilateral, and friendly countries to fulfill its financial requirements not only undermines its sovereignty, but also intensifies the hardships of its citizens. Despite engaging in numerous…

Corporate tax

Focus on growth, not taxes. Vietnam's standard corporate tax rate is 20 per cent and preferential tax rates are as low as 10 per cent, depending on factors like investment…

Corporate power

Employers added 261,000 jobs in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said Friday. That was down from 315,000 in September. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per…

Corporate greed

It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on ‘corporate greed’ leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, 2022, Senate…

Towards better global corporate tax regime

‘Since the 1980s, countries have competed for business by reducing companies’ taxes. A few nations, like Ireland and Bermuda, have adopted extremely low rates and become tax havens for companies…