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Defending Tax Competition

Daniel Mitchell PhD will present why tax competition leads to lower taxes, more economic growth, less poverty and more freedom. This is why:
Tax competition first became a big issue following the Thatcher and Reagan tax cuts in the 1980s. Responding to the increased attractiveness of the U.K. and U.S. economies, every single industrialized nation has been forced to lower personal tax rates in an effort to stay competitive. The average top tax rate in the developed world has dropped from more than 67% in 1980 to barely 40% today.

Perhaps most amazing, there is now a flat-tax revolution sweeping the globe. In 1980, there were just three flat-tax jurisdictions. Today, prompted by Estonia's 1994 reform, there are 25 governments with simple and fair flat-tax regimes.
 
 All of these reforms have yielded big benefits, particularly for the nations that have been the most aggressive tax cutters, notably Ireland, Estonia and Slovakia. Mitchell will convey why this is more relevant in our time than ever.
 

Defending Tax Competition 22 May 2025 19:30 Utrecht
Daniel Mitchell PhD will present why tax competition leads to lower taxes, more economic growth, less poverty and more freedom. This is why:
Tax competition first became a big issue following the Thatcher and Reagan tax cuts in the 1980s. Responding to the increased attractiveness of the U.K. and U.S. economies, every single industrialized nation has been forced to lower personal tax rates in an effort to stay competitive. The average top tax rate in the developed world has dropped from more than 67% in 1980 to barely 40% today.
Perhaps most amazing, there is now a flat-tax revolution sweeping the globe. In 1980, there were just three flat-tax jurisdictions. Today, prompted by Estonia's 1994 reform, there are 25 governments with simple and fair flat-tax regimes.

All of these reforms have yielded big benefits, particularly for the nations that have been the most aggressive tax cutters, notably Ireland, Estonia and Slovakia. Mitchell will convey why this is more relevant in our time than ever.
Daniel J. Mitchell is a co-founder of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates supply-side tax cuts and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
Entrance fee
EUR 35, free parking
Time event
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 19.30-22.00
Dinner
Optional, please make your own reservations.
Time dinner
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 17.30-19:30
Venue
Het Oude Tolhuys
Weg naar Rhijnauwen 13-15
3584 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
www.hetoudetolhuys.nl
Da Vinci info: +31(0)107660034
info@wbdavinci.nl
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