@threetails @douglasvb @GreenFire @fuchsiii @notjustbikes

IMHO it's not enough to make #SUV's and obese #Pickup #trucks uncool, but I wished that #taxation would not just go by engine displacement * emissions class as is now in Germany, but by deadweight - maximum weight and useable volume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo&t=1340s

Joseph Thorndyke (a US historian of #taxation - quoted in FT) observes, in the face of growing requirements for state interventions in society: 'We really have no political language to justify raising taxes any more; there’s no way to make the case for it'!

But, lets me clear: this is not a 'natural' position, its one the right & the chums in the #media have engineered.

It is politically vital that we change the language around taxation to get the active state we need!
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/is-taxation-a-necessary-evil-or-something-socially-positive/

ACE OF COINS - John Jay Singleton reveals cryptocurrency TAXATION secrets the IRS hopes you never learn

Decentralize.TV -Episode 12 - Sept. 05, 2023

https://www.brighteon.com/083e2ba5-90b7-4341-a5cb-65d7e6567414

#cryptocurrency #taxation #IRS #taxes #finance #money #Bitcoin #privacy #Monero #taxforms #dollars #AceofCoins #JohnJaySingleton

Did any of you ever notice how #capitalism breaks systems that are supposed to help us? Rather like, we want to pay for useful things, but payment structures for many daily things make it unattractive to use them.

I think the biggest red flag that something is not in your favor is when people shit on taxes. That said, I do think that taxation is theft has some merit. I don't think we should have anything that would put you in prison if you don't do it, because the poor and disabled will be the victims. Also something that #communism #class #warfare people kinda ignore is that many rich people want to contribute but they are not allowed to pay more taxes than is allocated for them.

The right solution here is simplifying taxes to the point that you just have a bank account number and a coin box to leave taxes in. You can calculate a reference, but in the end everyone should be responsible themselves to pay taxes the way that works best for them. This way we have true community buy-in with community contributions. This can also fix issues with multi-country taxation and the very reason we have so many tax loopholes. If you are called on your morals instead of your shareholders, tax loopholes become completely nonsensical.

Also my favorite part of my religion, the Bahá'í faith, is that any and all kind of taxation is not just only done when you are really convinced about doing it, but also only over the part that is more than what you need to survive. I think taxation over the base amount of money you survive on is just criminal. But also, we shouldn't frame taxation as having rich people paying their fair share, but instead incorporating the rich as part of the community tasking to do what they do best, which can often involve putting their money to work.

Any kind of division creates war, and war kills people. Class warfare is never going to fix capitalism, only making sure that we are all part of the same community and society will.

#bahai #cohesivism #voluntary #taxation

@cohesivism

@KPMG 's 4-year-old legal arm in France, KPMG Avocats, announced it added 5 professionals, including 4 lawyers, to its #transferpricing pricing team in Paris, which now has around 30 members.
#paris #taxation #lawyers #attorneys #france #corporatetax
https://legalavocado.com/wp/avocado-roundup-kpmgs-french-legal-arm-expands-transfer-pricing-team-in-paris/

Here's a good Morning Star editorial on the Reeves announcement.
However (as discussed in the above thread), I do advocate taxing consumption of high ecological impact goods while leaving a basket of essentials untaxed. Current consumption tax (VAT) is regressive and indiscriminate.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour%E2%80%99s-policy-unending-poverty-working-class
#taxation

@buermann

If we could just force a public discussion of why a company, any company, that is making money hand-over-fist needs ANY government susidy, that would be useful.

But then especially one that the government itself has committed to phasing out because its actions are injuring humanity's chance to survive...

(At minimum, any such subsidy should be tied to specific goals of reduced net revenue due specifically to diminished market share against non-carbon-based renewables.)

Ah, to hear those arguments aloud...

#capitalism #subsidy #FossilFuels #renewables #sustainability #PublicDebate #oil #taxation #externalities

OnlineFirst - "The firm-territory nexus in a fragmented economy: Scales of global value and wealth chain entanglement" by Leonard Seabrooke and Saila Stausholm:

#professionals #accounting #taxation #globalwealthchains #globalvaluechains

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X231189384

The FT's focus on #taxation has moved on to the taxation of motoring;

As they point out (currently) zero-rated #electricvehicles count for around one in six car sales & #fuelduty accounts for around 2% of all Govt. revenue; with no other changes the shift to EVs erodes the UK effective tax base.

FT's solution is mile/road pricing. To manage this shift they suggest running the two systems in parallel with the latter managed via EV's internal software reporting.

Q. is: who could sell this idea?

If you have strong views on #taxation, why not contribute to the FT's call for views as they continue their rumination on the future of the UK tax system.

as they put it:
'What aspects of the UK tax system, if any, do you find particularly onerous, unfair or overcomplicated?'

Email them at money@ft.com

@henrybrem @djr

Yes, that's why (broadly) I support tax simplification - which recently the FT has started making a bit of noise about too...

You might be interested in my wider thoughts on #taxation in a piece I wrote for @NWBylines
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/is-taxation-a-necessary-evil-or-something-socially-positive/

Rightly the #TUC suggests a 'modest' and clearly focussed #wealthtax would give a significant fiscal boost to #publicservices... we need to (re?)establish fairness in #taxation in the UK as a way of rebuilding society both financially and morally....

The TUC have as yet not 'recommended' this change, but the very act of pointing out what it would entail ratchets up the pressure on the Labour Party to be thinking about such things!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/11/modest-wealth-tax-could-raise-more-than-10bn-for-public-services-says-tuc

Now the #UnitedNations wants a bigger role on the reform go global #taxation, and in doing so is setting itself up against the #OECD which jealously guards this aspect of its international norm setting function...

That said, in many ways the UN looks like a more sensible place for global tax reform to be formulated, until you think about the difficulties the organisation has in driving forward other changes.

Nevertheless a UN Tax Programme (UNTP) might build on (much) earlier work by UNCTAD!

The @UN is better positioned than the rich-country led @OECD to lead development of the world's #tax rules and policies, according to a new "advance" draft UN report.
#multinationals #taxation #cooperation #developingcountries #inclusion #g20

https://legalavocado.com/wp/2023/08/09/un-should-take-greater-role-in-setting-global-tax-policy-says-draft-of-secretary-general-report/

This week the FT launches a series of editorials focussing on #taxation reform in the UK.... the lead article gives a hefty hint that tax simplification will be at the heart of their position over the coming days.

Given the complexity of the UK's tax code(s) this seems eminently sensible, the more complex a system (whatever the value of the individual measures) the more likely the opportunities for the rich to game the system... as we can see in the UK.

Why Not Tax Private Jets Out of Existence? - The industry not only exploits our planet’s precious resources but makes the rest of us subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the ultra-rich.

https://progressive.org/op-eds/why-not-tax-private-jets-out-existence-collins-230731/

#PrivateJets #Taxation #Environment #UltraRich #Subsidies #ResourceExploitation #Politics #News

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Multinational company tax leaders in a recent Deloitte survey said they expect new international rules on minimum #taxation to come into force in the next few years, but they don't expect the new rules to have a big impact on their companies' taxes.
#multinationalcompanies #corporations #oecd #pillar2 #globaltax

https://legalavocado.com/wp/2023/08/04/most-big-company-tax-leaders-preparing-for-oecd-rules-but-dont-expect-big-impact/

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