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University of Michigan Law School

2009

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Closing The International Tax Gap Via Cooperations, Not Competition, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Jan 2009

Closing The International Tax Gap Via Cooperations, Not Competition, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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All three major goals of the Volcker task force — reducing tax evasion and loopholes, simplifying the code, and reducing corporate welfare — can be advanced by focusing on the international aspects of the tax gap. These aspects include both enforcement of existing U.S. law on U.S. residents earning income overseas (the evasion issue) and reforming deferral for U.S.-based multinational enterprises (the avoidance issue). To best advance the task force’s three goals, I would propose a change in each of these two major international areas.


Protectionist Pitfalls In U.S. Tax Reform, James R. Hines Jr. Jan 2009

Protectionist Pitfalls In U.S. Tax Reform, James R. Hines Jr.

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The magnitude of current and projected U.S. budget deficits makes it appropriate for the government to cast its net wide in seeking new revenue sources. In doing so, however, there is the danger of misconstruing the role of domestic taxation in a global economy, and thereby designing a tax reform proposal with significant protectionist elements.