Days prior to the attack, Republicans were beginning to panic amid signs that the economy is doing worse, not better, since President George W. Bush signed his big tax cut.
Days prior to the attack, Republicans were beginning to panic amid signs that the economy is doing worse, not better, since President George W. Bush signed his big tax cut. At a private dinner at Washington's Metropolitan Club, senior Bush adviser Karl Rove was subjected to what The New...

Irving Fisher's spendings (consumption) tax in retrospect.
I Introduction IRVING FISHER'S REMARKABLE CAREER, and even more remarkable writings, left their indelible marks everywhere across what has emerged as the discipline of economics. From mathematical formalization to intertemporal optimization, general equilibrium, monetary theory, and public finance, the imprint remains sharp and strong. What...

BIR to file 80 tax evasion cases - official.
Byline: JUN RAMIREZ The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will file next week the biggest batch of tax evasion cases involving 80 individual and business taxpayers, Makati Revenue Regional Director Anselmo Adriano announced yesterday. The names of the delinquent taxpayers were not disclosed pending the...

BIR readies charges vs big-time 'tax cheats'; To meet P424-B target, taxmen go after large firms.
Byline: : JUN RAMIREZ SAN PABLO CITY The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to file tax evasion charges against many business enterprises and individuals from all over the country that did not avail of the agencys modified tax amnesty program, which ended last Friday. ...

PSALM seeks tax exemption; Needs amendment of Power Reform Law.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is pushing for a legislative measure that would exempt it from paying taxes, particularly those to be incurred in the privatization of the generation and transmission assets of the National Power Corporation. ...

Keeping score.
WITH Republicans in Congress and tax cuts in the air, Wall Street should be rejoicing. It isn't. Based on the government's static revenue "scoring," a capital-gains tax cut would lose $56 billion in revenue over five years --increasing pressure to hike other taxes or to eliminate deductions for mortgage...

California dot.com boom went bust: the wild variations in California's revenue stream make budgeting really tough.
Call it the Mickey Mouse effect. Ted Gibson still remembers the winter of 1992 when California, mired deep in recession, suddenly saw a surge in withholding from the personal income tax. Gibson, the chief economist in the state Department of Finance, thought at first that the revenue...

Impact of foreign direct investment on the economic growth of Cyprus.
Abstract Cyprus is one of the most attractive locations for foreign investment in the Mediterranean with its extensive network of double tax treaties and the mutual promotion and protection of investments. During the last decade, a number of financial incentives, as well as the Cypriot government's accession...

Letters in the Editor's Mailbag.
Byline: The Register-Guard Time to slash taxes President Bush's small tax cut, passed by Congress with Democratic support, has been accused by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of causing the recession and the unbalanced budget. Daschle is wrong. Three-fourths of the tax cuts...

A sunnier forecast.
Byline: The Register-Guard Corporate income taxes account for a small fraction of Oregon's revenues, but they are an important indicator nonetheless. Businesses don't pay taxes unless they make money, and unless they make money, they can't add new workers. A brisk increase in projected corporate income tax...