Beauty is in the Eye of the Taxpayer

Volume 8 No 3    /    Read Article

By Corey L. Gibbs (Guest Author)

As a counterpoint to the view in Europe regarding tax competition, the view in the U.S. is that tax competition is an acceptable policy to influence a multinational corporation to locate operations in a particular State. In his article written while an extern at Ruchelman P.L.L.C., Corey L. Gibbs looks at policies adopted by the State of Alabama pointing out that U.S. citizens and residents are “voting with their feet,” when relocating to States that impose lower taxes. In Europe, there may be a duty to pay tax, in the U.S. there is a right to carry on one’s affairs in a way that results in the lowest tax possible.  See more →