The chief financial officer of drugstore giant Walgreen’s just departed his job. And while the movements of higher ups at megacorporations often resemble a round of musical chairs, this particular job change sheds light on a new trend in corporate tax evasion: tax...
Before the Income Tax, There Were Tariffs
Like ‘em or hate ‘em, many among the United States electorate assume that the income tax has been with us since roughly 1776, right after we sent the British packing with an ignominious Revolutionary War defeat still ringing in their ears. In reality, both the...
What is Rick Santorum's Tax Plan?
Prior to the Iowa caucus, only the most ardent of supporters would describe Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum as anything other than a long shot. But then Iowans placed him within a thin whisker (8 votes actually) behind Mitt Romney in the final...