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U.S. not committed to completing NAFTA talks by end of 2017: Trump’s trade czar.
Europe has corporate tax reform in its sights.

Today it is the German tax freedom day. ONLY 45.4 CENT OF EVERY EURO REMAIN AT TAXPAYERS’ FREE DISPOSAL

Dear WTA Members, Observers, and Friends:

Thank-you Benoîte Taffin

One of the great rewards of my involvement with WTA is the many people I’ve had the pleasure to meet and work with over the years.

According to Contribuables Associes, in 2017, the French taxpayers will have to work for the government up to July 24th.

The Nepal Taxpayers’ Welfare Society recently released their Tax Freedom Day report.

Nonoy Oplas, from Minimal Government Thinkers, analyzed the implications of this tax reform and offered the arguments to refute any tax hikes.

Removing corporate welfare would allow for a six percentage point reduction in the company tax rate that would benefit all businesses equally.

Swedish drivers are already paying about 60 billion in taxes (gas taxes and vehicle tax), but only about 25 billion goes to maintain and renew the road infrastructure.

The Tax Foundation has just released a new report analyzing the impact of a temporary corporate tax cut on economic growth.

“The left-wing hullabaloo is wrong, inequality hasn’t changed in 20 years”, said Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, responding to new research findings by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

In the wake of the 2017 UK general election, much commentary has focused on the impact public spending cuts had on the result. Less attention has been paid to assessing by how much public spending has actually been reduced.