Responsible Tax

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Raising tax revenues in pursuit of economic recovery

A broad spectrum of stakeholders had differing views and placed different emphasis on how governments could raise revenue, where necessary, in the wake of the economic situation resulting from COVID-19. There was broad acceptance that progressivity in income taxes could be increased – possibly through a temporary solidarity surcharge. Tax rates on short term capital returns could be increased to...

Chris Morgan, Global Leader for the KPMG Responsible Tax Program, KPMG LLP

Chris Morgan

19 Aug 2020
11 min
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EU stimulus measures in a post-COVID world

No pressure to reduce corporation tax rates generally; any cost based incentives should be targeted, temporary and timely; multilateral approaches and cooperation are needed to avoid adverse spill overs, tax competition and a growth in compliance and double taxation. There is support of the work of the OECD on Pillars 1 and 2 as well as for a European common...

Chris Morgan, Global Leader for the KPMG Responsible Tax Program, KPMG LLP

Chris Morgan

10 Aug 2020
11 min
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Post-COVID stimulus measures in Africa and the ASPAC region

On 14 July KPMG International and Jericho Chambers sponsored the second in a series of roundtables on tax policy responses to COVID-19. 

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Head of Global Tax Policy, KPMG International, KPMG International

Grant Wardell-Johnson

10 Aug 2020
6 min
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What tax policy measures will support economies post-COVID-19?

Virtual Responsible Tax roundtable: The recovery phase

Chris Morgan, Global Leader for the KPMG Responsible Tax Program, KPMG LLP

Chris Morgan

21 May 2020
6 min