Taxing the rich

Taxing the Rich by Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage is a study of 200 years of tax data from 20 different countries and references many other sources, not least the Bible: ‘The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement…
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Wyoming: a very secret state

America has come under attack for being one of the largest tax havens in the world, an accusation I will come on to in a moment, and it has reminded me what a useful location it is for any business planning to carry on its trade or to hold assets outside the USA. There are three US states offering a…
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A 10-year tax holiday and no IHT

Aliyah (from the Hebrew meaning ‘ascent’) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the Land of Israel. Also defined as ‘the act of going up’—that is, towards Jerusalem—‘making Aliyah’ by moving to the Land of Israel is one of the most basic tenets of Zionism. The State of Israel’s Law of Return gives Jews and their descendants automatic…
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