There are few opportunities that truly come around just once in a lifetime. The repatriation of foreign earnings at a deeply discounted tax rate is one of them. As a result of a provision in the American Jobs Creation Act AJCA, for a limited 12-month period, eligible U.S. companies can...
The paper reports that Hong Kong currently offers very few tax incentives (examples are the tax incentives for qualifying debt instruments, under IRO sections 14A and 26A, and qualifying reinsurance businesses, under IRO section 14B). To become more competitive, Hong Kong could consider introducing more tax incentives to attract financial...
The primary objective of this paper is to assist Jordan's Minister of Industry & Trade and Minister of Finance to formulate a new program of investment incentives, based on international best practice, to be used as the basis for regulations to support "The Investment Law of 2003" (hereafter The Investment...
The increasing mobility of international firms and the gradual elimination of barriers to global capital flows have stimulated competition among governments to attract foreign direct investment, often through tax incentives. This paper reviews the debate about the effectiveness of tax incentives, examining two much-contested questions: Can tax incentives attract foreign...
In 1997, for the first time in more than a decade, Congress added to the law significant new tax incentives for voluntary land protection by private landowners. For landowners and land trusts, however, there is more news and good news. The new legislation also included a modified version of The...
The goal of stimulating additional private long-term care coverage is attractive to policy makers because of the potential benefits to the Medicaid program. Medicaid is the most vulnerable component of the current long-term care financing system because it is the largest long-term care insurer and it is partially funded by...
A bipartisan consensus favors public policy initiatives to expand health insurance coverage. This paper summarizes new Current Population Survey CPS data on health insurance coverage for the non elderly and discusses the issues involved in subsidizing health insurance. It outlines a tax credit option designed to diminish many health insurance...
There are two tax incentives for corporations to hedge: to increase debt capacity and interest tax deductions and to reduce expected tax liability if the tax functions is convex. This paper provides a report of the how these incentives affect the extent of corporate hedging with derivatives. Using an explicit...
WASHINGTON AFP — US lawmakers have dropped plans to impose sanctions that would have pressured US energy giant Chevron to pull out from a gas project in military-ruled Myanmar, congressional aides said on Tuesday. Sanctions that would end tax write-offs enjoyed by Chevron were part of a package...
The Principal Financial Group offers simpler plan design with less administration DES MOINES, Iowa -- Having a good employee benefit plan encourages American workers (63 percent) to work harder and perform better according to the Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM. Six out of ten respondents also report having good...
I GET very cross with Gordon Brown. Our non-driving Prime Minister has been grabbing headlines at the G8 summit, saying that high fuel prices are for our own good the sheer arrogance of it, and that we should all buy hybrids and electric cars. He should...
I quite enjoyed Jonathan Neville's intelligent and thoughtful letter (Forum, July 8) taking me to task for my argument regarding oil companies. In fact, I'm of two minds regarding gas prices. In the abstract, I think $4 a gallon is probably a good thing, incentivizing conservation, innovation and a shift...
Home News IN BRIEF *Householders could be paid 25 a month to recycle waste under plans to be outlined today by George Osborne, the shadow Chancellor. The scheme began in the US, and an American company is now working with Tory-controlled councils to bring the scheme here....
Nevtah Capital Management(PINKSHEETS: NTAH) and its joint venture partner, Black Sands Energy, todayannounced their participation in a recent energy conference organized byUtah's Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) onJuly 1st, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The well-attended press conference was held at the State Capitol Dome...
Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario (TSX VENTURE: PIO), ("Pioneering") announced today that the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency NCHFA has awarded affordable housing tax credits to assist in funding the rehabilitation of an affordable housing apartment complex in Edenton, NC. Some of this funding was used to supply brand...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Of all the aspects driving IM Flash's decision to base its global business in Utah, people factors are at the top of the list, IM Flash Co-CEO David Baglee maintains. Baglee shared his remarks with leading technology executives in his presentation at a Utah Technology Council...
I DON'T KNOW about you, but I'm going to spend my tax-refund incentive check to buy a gun. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individuals - and not just members of militias - have the right to bear arms, it's the least we can do. Really. I...
WASHINGTON -- A foreclosure rescue plan that has broad bipartisan support stalled in the Senate on Wednesday in a dispute over taxes. However, leaders said they were optimistic they could pass the measure before Congress breaks for a weeklong July 4 vacation. Democrats and...
The tail end of the official 2008 legislative session brought with it a flurry of legislative activity by New York State lawmakers Monday night. Among the last-minute agreements and compromises are measures aimed to reform the process of brownfield mediation; improve patient safety; aid seriously ill...
WASHINGTON -- Like two rival filling-station owners across the highway in long-bygone price wars, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain keep putting up flashy signs and offering new incentives in hopes of attracting customers battered by $4 gas prices. McCain is offering a summer...
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