Global Tax





Globalisation is also about Taxes
- Joseph Stiglitz: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "Apple - like Google !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "had benefited from what the US government - provided !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "educated workers - trained in universities !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that were supported both directly by government - and indirectly, e.g. through generous charitable deductions !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the basic research on which their products rested - was paid for by taxpayer-supported developments !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and the Internet - without which they cannot exist !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "they depended in part - on the legal system !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "including enforcement of - intellectual property rights !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "they asked the US government - and got !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to adopt - this standards !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it was an unfair - tax regime !"

 

 


 

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  • "with US-America standing out in the forefront - and the UK not far behind !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it was the starving - of the public sector !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "no longer being the land - of opportunity !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it is about the way of - globalisation !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the average US-American worker - was under the pressure from globalisation !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "has seen his income - fully adjusted for inflation !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to the point where a fulltime male worker in the US - has an income lower than four decades ago !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "these companies had tried to exploit the - tax loopholes !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and had tried to evade their - global social responsibilities !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US could not have a functioning - corporate income tax system !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "if we had elected to have a - transfer price system !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "where firms "made up" the prices of goods - and services - that one part bought from another !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "allowed profits to be booked to one state - or another !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it would be therefore good - if there is an !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "international agreement - on the taxation of corporate profits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US by itself can go a long way - to moving reform along:  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "any firm - selling goods there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "can be obliged to pay a tax - on its global profits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "say at a rate of - 30% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "( at least 15% - better 20% - even better 30% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "based on the - consolidated balance sheet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "with a deduction for corporate profits taxes - paid in other jurisdictions - up to some limit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in other words, the US would set itself up - as enforcing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a global minimum - tax regime !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "for more fairness - in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WORLD TAXATION SYSTEM
- Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ WORLD TAXATION SYSTEM

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  • "a possible global tax is the - financial transaction tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "estimates show the tax yields from US$ 150 - to 300 billion annually !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the UN estimates that the cost of wiping out the worst forms of poverty - and to help the environment - globally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "are around US$ 225 billion - per year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "other possible global taxes are - bank taxes - sales taxes - tax on global profits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and a possible global tax is the - wealth tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "a global wealth tax of 1% - on all wealth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "including individual assets exceeding about US$ 1 million - including stocks and bonds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and all publicly listed companies - and all trusts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "raises at least US$ 600 billion - per year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "half of that amount - 300 billion per year - corresponds to the total developmental budget goal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "which enables poorer countries cross the threshold - of social stability in 10 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "300 billion per year is also necessary - to secure the climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "including renewable energy ( research ) - reducing greenhouse gas emissions - and reforestation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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