Over the past several years, there has been much debate about how to tax the compensation of the managers of private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. The issue is important because these funds provide capital for businesses at various stages of development or seek to minimize risks for investors, and raising taxes on these funds would reduce the rate of return to fund investors.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney recently approved an ordinance imposing a 1.5¢ per ounce tax increase on sugar-added and artificially sweetened soft drinks, including diet sodas, in an attempt to curb …
Dallas, TX (7/11/2016) – The United States has fallen from 3rd to 16th in worldwide economic freedom – and its slowing our economic growth, according to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis by Southern Methodist University Research Assistant Professor Ryan H. Murphy.
Orange County Register: Banning tipping and increasing prices to raise server wages will only lead to poor service and disgruntled employees and patrons, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie in an article at the Orange County Register.
NAV: Research from the NCPA showing the correlation between increased entrepreneurship and declining poverty is cited in this article at NAV.
Dallas Morning News: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal outlines the possible impacts of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax proposal in this article in the Trail Blazers Blog at Dallas Morning News.
Dallas Morning News: The upcoming NCPA Financial Crisis Conference is highlighted in this article from the Dallas Morning News.
Eater: Banning tipping would likely hurt the servers it is intended to help, according to a study by NCPA Senior Fellow Richard cited in this article from EATER.
NCPA: Ahead of tonight’s Democratic debate, a new analysis of Hillary Clinton’s proposed multi-tiered capital gains tax rates from the NCPA’s Tax Analysis Center found the plan would reduce investment in capital and impact earners of all income levels.
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has vowed to raise taxes on the wealthy if she becomes president. Taxing the wealthy is politically popular since it is assumed that few people will be affected. …
Heartland: NCPA’s policy brief entitled “Income Inequality and the U.S. Tax System” and the upcoming Financial Crisis Conference are discussed on Heartland’s podcast In The Tank.
Income inequality has become a hot button topic of late. Two years ago, Thomas Piketty’s book on the causes of income inequality rallied people on the left to call for more taxes …
Globalization and capital mobility are increasing tax competition among countries. Lower tax rates increase after-tax returns to capital, raising economic growth rates. They can also make economies more attractive for foreign investment. Furthermore, …
Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal’s report entitled “Should Walmart Imitate Costco? The Variation in Retail Wages” was cited in an article from Chain Store Age.
24/7 Wall St: A publication from the NCPA on Wal-Mart and Costco and the variation of wages is cited in an article from 24/7 Wall St.
NCPA: North Carolina’s proposed Taxpayer Protection Act could save taxpayers billions – and help grow the state’s economy, according to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis’ Tax Analysis Center and the Beacon Hill Institute.
State tax expenditure limits (TELs) are intended to limit the size of government by restraining the growth of state revenues. According to the Leviathan hypothesis — a staple from the study of …
The Hill: Research comparing the tax proposals of presidential candidates Trump and Cruz from NCPA Senior Fellow David Tuerck is cited in this article from The Hill.
NCPA: According to a newly updated report from the Beacon Hill Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis, the Ted Cruz and Donald Trump tax plans would each eliminate large numbers of public sector jobs in either plan’s first year. However, an even greater number of private sector jobs will be created, assuming that the candidates’ tax plans are paid for by cuts in federal spending.
Taxes impinge on individual and business decisions to work, save and invest. Using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model that we created for the National Center for Policy Analysis (the …