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Indonesia’s new tax law targets its growing middle class
Author: Arifin Rosid, University of Indonesia Indonesia has the lowest percentage of individual income tax revenue to GDP compared to neighbouring
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How raising the SALT cap would affect taxpayers in different states, part II
By Matt Jensen and Donald J. Boyd In this second half of our two-part post reviewing the impact of raising the SALT cap to $80,000 in 2021, we focus
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How raising the SALT cap would affect taxpayers in different states, part I
By Matt Jensen and Donald J. Boyd The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 imposed a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions under the federal
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5 questions for Kyle Pomerleau on Democrats’ tax proposals
By James Pethokoukis and Kyle Pomerleau Congressional Democrats have considered a number of tax plans to pay for their Build Back Better bill,
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The Benefits of Setting a Lower Limit on Corporate Taxation
By Aqib Aslam and Maria Coelho On June 5, 2021, Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations committed to a global minimum
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Private sector accuse politicians of fighting taxation sector
Politicians encourage the would-be taxpayers to remain informal and avoid taxes. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians are stifling the
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Finding housing in former strip malls and big box stores in California
In a state with a need for cheaper housing, some in California are looking to commercial properties along main roads: Photo by Priti Singh on
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46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things
I’ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after
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The Palestinian leadership chooses captivity
Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech on the Trump plan, at the PA HQ in Ramallah, 28 January 2020 Amjad Iraqi writes in +972: On Tuesday evening, the
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EU said to condition expanding aid on PA’s acceptance of tax funds from Israel
Mahmoud Abbas addresses the media at the EU Council, Brussels, 22January 2018 The Times of Israel reports: The European Union will not expand aid to
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The start of municipal budget issues due to COVID-19? The case of Chicago
COVID-19 has disrupted a lot of life in the United States and it will have consequences for municipal budgets. Here is how Chicago mayor Lori
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The coming budget reckoning for big cities
A new analysis suggests particular big cities will suffer losses in tax revenues due to
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States Are Now Wrestling With The Biggest Budget Crisis They Have Faced In All Of U.S. History
Most U.S. states are seeing tax revenues completely and utterly collapse during this COVID-19 pandemic, and some are already begging the federal
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New Research on Participatory Governance and Tax Compliance
At the World Bank, we have published two new studies on the effect of citizen engagement on tax morale and tax compliance. In the first, published
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Ask citizens where public money should go: the results might surprise you
picture by MyTudut on flickr (NB: article originally published in Capital Finance International) As citizen engagement gains traction in the