It
may seem like a modern fairy tale, but the upcoming wedding of
Britain's Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markle will come with
some mundane hurdles. Perhaps most inconveniently for the British
royals, this transatlantic partnership could end up involving the United
States' Internal Revenue Service
royal commission on Twitter
Royal Commission - Banks and Financial Services
Attachment Draft Terms of Reference The Turnbull Government
will establish a Royal Commission into the alleged misconduct of Australia’s
banks and other financial services entities. All Australians have the right to
be treated honestly and fairly in their dealings with banking, superannuation
and financial services providers. The highest standards of conduct are critical
to the good governance and corporate culture …
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NICK TABAKOFF
BEHIND the walls of the White House, Donald Trump is attempting to rewrite history.
The Hill op-ed: Senate Bill Would Enshrine International Tax Gimmicks, by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania):
The
version of the GOP tax plan that came charging out of the Senate
Finance committee just before Thanksgiving break — the version the full
Senate takes up this week, and the version most likely to become law —
reads like it was written in a rush. This is especially true of the
several diverse provisions ostensibly designed to prevent U.S.
multinationals from avoiding tax on their foreign earnings.
Those
sections, like so many paintballs shot at a wall, present no clear
pattern. But step back, tilt your head, and squint: you’ll see that even
all the splotches taken together do not in fact put a stop to the tax
games that multinationals presently play. Instead they codify and
sanctify them. ...