Key Findings A typical American household with four wireless phones paying $100 per month for taxable wireless service can expect to pay about $229 per year in wireless taxes, fees, and surcharges—up from $221 in 2017. [read post]

John Pomfret, a former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, is the author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present,” who on August 3, 2018, published a short  essay in the Washington Post worth reading. [read post]

The Department of Justice (”DOJ”) also has opened several criminal investigations relating to sub-prime mortgage activities, primarily through the Sub-Prime Mortgage Industry Fraud Initiative launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (”FBI”), as well as its 36 regional mortgage fraud task forces. [read post]

Table of Contents Key Findings Introduction R&D Tax Incentives for Innovation R&D Tax Subsidies for Innovation in OECD Countries — Tax Preferences for R&D Expenses — Measuring Tax Subsidies for R&D Spending — Patent Boxes in OECD Countries The Impacts of Tax Preferences on Innovation — Cross-border Shifting and Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Effects A Neutral Tax Policy Approach to Business Investment Conclusion Appendix Key Findings Tax preferences for research and… [read post]