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The new year will bring an onslaught of geopolitical, regulatory, technological, and macroeconomic challenges— many of which are just now coming into focus

The introduction this year of a global minimum corporate tax will reshape the flow of multinationals' foreign investments as the benefits from booking profits in tax havens disappear, an updated OECD impact study showed on Tuesday. First agreed in a landmark 2021 deal between 140 countries, the global minimum tax rate goes live this year with 36 countries already introducing laws setting a 15% floor on corporate taxation and more to follow. In a bid to limit tax competition between countr...

Stephanie Do of the Council On State Taxation discusses key state tax policy topics that are likely to see action in 2024, including the expiration of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions.

A new study shows the number of Israelis dying as a result of exposure to high temperatures is rising, and "the issue is being pushed aside."


Measured by the worth of goods or services a worker can produce per hour, labor productivity totaled $52.30 in Japan.

On January 1, a new global minimum corporate tax of 15% on multinational corporations went live across some European and Asian countries. Will tax havens follow suit?

The United Nations has released a cautious global economic outlook for 2024, citing challenges such as escalating conflicts, slow global trade, high interest rates, and increasing climate disasters. The flagship economic report projects a global economic growth slowdown to 2.4% in 2024, down from an estimated 2.7% in 2023, still below the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level of 3% in 2020.

The new year has just started, and I am getting scam emails promising me amazing financial rewards up to $15bn (€13.7bn) if I will just send $100 for the paperwork, but I doubt them to be honest.

Few would disagree that combating the climate crisis is the most crucial task the human race faces. But many Koreans do not seem to view that an urgent issue that requires immediate action.

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