2020s
15 entries
Tea Tax India 2025
India is the second largest tea producer in the world. Tea has historically been taxed through GST a...
Pandora Papers
The Pandora Papers, leaked in 2021, were 11.9 million documents from 14 offshore service providers. ...
Global Minimum Tax
The global minimum tax, agreed by over 140 countries in October 2021, sets a 15 percent minimum effe...
GAO Tax Gap
The US tax gap is the difference between taxes owed and taxes collected on time. The IRS estimates t...
NFT Tax Implications
NFTs create complex tax issues. Buying an NFT with cryptocurrency triggers a capital gains event on ...
Digital Currency Taxation
Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, create new tax issues. Unlike cash, CBDC transactions cou...
IRS Funding Debate
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided 80 billion in additional IRS funding over 10 years. The...
Pelosi Stock Trading
The STOCK Act of 2012 prohibited members of Congress from using nonpublic information for personal i...
IRS Direct File
IRS Direct File launched as a pilot program in 12 states for the 2024 filing season. Direct File is ...
Plastic Tax
Plastic taxes aim to reduce plastic waste and encourage recycling. The UK Plastic Packaging Tax, lau...
Nitrogen Tax
The Netherlands faced massive farmer protests over nitrogen emission regulations. Dutch courts ruled...
Carbon Border Tax EU
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism CBAM started its transitional phase in October 2023. CBAM ...
Capital Gains Realization
The debate over taxing unrealized capital gains intensified in 2021 when Senator Ron Wyden proposed ...
Buy Borrow Die
Buy borrow die is a tax avoidance strategy used by ultra wealthy Americans. The strategy works as fo...
IRS Customer Service
IRS customer service reached its worst point during the COVID pandemic. In 2022, the IRS answered on...