The financial crisis in the US housing and in the global credit markets, together with rising food and energy prices, present real challenges for policymakers, especially when, as part of the US presidential election campaign, it comes to forming effective (and popular) tax policy.

As the world watches, Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain, the two U.S. presidential candidates, battle out their ideological differences in the race to deal with the financial chaos and to win over the taxpayers and their votes. Does either of these sets of proposals address the financial crisis effectively?

At the IFA 62nd Congress in Brussels, a discussion was held, chaired by Nick Pantaleo, where panel members Paolo…

Yesterday at the IFA congres the topic of non-discrimination was discussed ( see attached report ). I fully endorse…

On 23 October 2007, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave its decision in the case of European Commission v. Federal…

As 2009 approaches and an entirely new US legislative session begins, is this an opportunity for progressive domestic and international tax reform? 

Buying and selling businesses once used to be the exclusive playing field of large corporations. Businesses were bought…